maine vs main
Definitions
noun
- a state in New England
Examples
Though serfs were freed in 1864, they remained poor sharecroppers and staged a massive peasant uprising in 1907.
Spinach, endive and romaine lettuce are great in salads; just dress with a little olive oil and red wine vinegar.
The scale of the economic gulf between the two parties came as two polls yesterday showed that the election remained wide open.
Definitions
adjective
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
- most important element
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
noun
- a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- any very large body of (salt) water
Examples
Moreover, she is being asked to do this while remaining scrupulously impartial and keeping the viewer entertained with talk of trade deals, tariffs and employment figures.
The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me.
To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining.
