main clause

NOUN
  1. a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
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How To Use main clause In A Sentence

  • The main clause elements are subject, predicator, object, complement, and adjunct.
  • Also, they commonly appear as subordinate elements in a sentence where the main clause indicates the speaker.
  • The preposition of inclusion in the subtitle better represents the argument than does the conjunction in the main clause.
  • However, when a subordinate clause follows a main clause this additional processing load does not occur.
  • In such a sentence as “That fierce lion who came here is dead, ” the class of “lion, ” which we may call the animal class, would be referred to by concording prefixes no less than six times, —with the demonstrative (“that”), the qualifying adjective, the noun itself, the relative pronoun, the subjective prefix to the verb of the relative clause, and the subjective prefix to the verb of the main clause (“is dead”). Chapter 5. Form in Language: Grammatical Concepts
  • The construction is symmetric neither with the main clause nor with the relative clause affirmatives.
  • A semi-colon can be used to separate two main clauses that are related. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, when a subordinate clause follows a main clause this additional processing load does not occur.
  • But what we do in English is shift the subordinate clause verb into preterite inflection (had blue eyes instead of has blue eyes) as if to respect the choice of tense in the main clause.
  • The sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause.
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