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A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
independent clause
1
It consists in a long string of subordinate clauses and parenthetical phrases - but there is no
main
clause
and no periods.
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.
3
It sounds like a proposition of Euclid with the
main
clauses
omitted.
4
On the 12th the capitulation was drawn up, of which the
main
clauses
were:
5
The hander declaration has three
main
clauses
;
6
. And in this register the words were practically complete in themselves and didn't need an explanatory
main
clause
to follow.
main
clause
main