MAIN CLAUSE
MAIN CLAUSE, also principal clause. A CLAUSE in a SENTENCE to which other clauses are subordinated, and which is not itself a subordinate clause. In a simple sentence, the main clause is the entire sentence. In a compound sentence, there is more than one main clause. Complex sentences contain a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
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