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Default Re: noun clauses vs. relative clauses

I'll climb back into my hole now...

The answer was more simple than I thought. In relative clauses, the relative pronoun can ALWAYS be replaced with 'which' or 'who' and the sentence will make sense. This doesn't happen in noun clauses being used as direct objects.
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