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Meanings of main clause in English

A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence.

Usage of main clause in English
1
It consists in a long string of subordinate clauses and parenthetical phrases - but there is no main clause and no periods.
The new yorker
2
So, if the phrase is essential to the meaning of the sentence, it's attached to the main clause with that, and no comma.
The new yorker
3
It sounds like a proposition of Euclid with the main clauses omitted.
A Son of the Immortals
4
On the 12th the capitulation was drawn up, of which the main clauses were:
Knights of Malta, 1523-1798
5
The hander declaration has three main clauses;
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6
. And in this register the words were practically complete in themselves and didn't need an explanatory main clause to follow.
The Sense of an Ending
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