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PRONUNCIATION OF MAIN CLAUSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAIN CLAUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Main clause is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAIN CLAUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Independent clause

An independent clause is a clause that can stand by itself, also known as a simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate; it makes sense by itself. Independent clauses can be joined by using a semicolon or by using a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAIN CLAUSE

main
main beam
main bearing
main course
main deck
main door
main door flat
main drag
main line
main man
main market
main memory
main office
main plane
main road
main sequence
main store
Main Street
main yard
main-line

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAIN CLAUSE

acceleration clause
applause
arbitration clause
because
clause
dependent clause
escalation clause
escape clause
exclusion clause
final clause
grandfather clause
independent clause
noun clause
opt-out clause
penalty clause
relative clause
restrictive relative clause
saving clause
sub-clause
subordinate clause
sunset clause

Synonyms and antonyms of main clause in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «main clause» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAIN CLAUSE

Find out the translation of main clause to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of main clause from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «main clause» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

主句
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cláusula principal
570 millions of speakers

English

main clause
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुख्य खंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشرط الرئيسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Основное положение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caput
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধান অংশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clause principale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

klausa utama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hauptsatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

主節
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주요 절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Utama angger-angger
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mệnh đề chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கிய பிரிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुख्य खंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ana madde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proposizione principale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

głównym klauzula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Основне положення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clauza principal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κύρια ρήτρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoofsin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huvudsats
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoved klausul
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of main clause

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIN CLAUSE»

The term «main clause» is regularly used and occupies the 79.409 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIN CLAUSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about main clause

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAIN CLAUSE»

Discover the use of main clause in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to main clause and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Main Clause Phenomena: New Horizons
Besides enriching the empirical domain, this volume also engages with the theoretical question of how best to capture the distribution of MCP and, in particular, to what extent they are embeddable and why.
Lobke Aelbrecht, Liliane M. V. Haegeman, Rachel Nye, 2012
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Adverbial Clauses, Main Clause Phenomena, and Composition of ...
Uses the cartographic theory to examine the left periphery of the English clause and compare it to the left-peripheral structures of other languages.
Liliane Haegeman, 2012
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Grammar: A Student's Guide
Explanation The main clause of any sentence is the 'outside', or 'containing' clause. Where a sentence has only one clause, the whole sentence itself is the main clause; for such simple sentences, 'main clause' is synonymous with ' sentence'.
James R. Hurford, 1994
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Text Analysis in Translation: Theory, Methodology, and ...
... by the following diagrams. Both sentence patterns seem much more hypotactic than that of. ET: (1) main clause 1 + main clause 2 , apposition ; modal adv. ( panic.) main clause 3 . (2) MAIN CLAUSE 1 . + MAIN CLAUSE 2 (incl, FCO) .
‎2005
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A Student's Introduction to English Grammar
§6 Main-clause and lower-level coordination 233 top level we contrast employed with unemployed; at the lower level we distinguish two jobs. In [ii] we have X or Y expressing a choice, where X is an NP and Y is a coordination. In [iii] we have ...
Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, 2005
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Structure and Function: From clause to discourse and beyond
For instance, in a sentence with an initial (/-clause, we may place then in initial position in the main clause. There are also generalisations to be made across languages in relation to the ordering of other constituents within the embedded ...
Christopher Butler, 2003
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Making Sense of Japanese Grammar: A Clear Guide Through ...
Japanese Perspectives In Japanese, there are two possible perspectives for tense: the speaker's perspective and the main clause perspective, the perspective relative to the main clause. In this unit, let us distinguish between the two ...
Zeljko Cipris, Shoko Hamano, 2002
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Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and Pragmatics
The following definitions of levels were applied, listing only levels that are actually attested in the database: ILL-scope: The scope of illocutionary operators in the main clause is conjunct: extends to the main clause and the dependent clause ...
Isabelle Bril, 2010
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Intermediate German For Dummies
When a subordinate clause begins a sentence, the word directly following the clause is the conjugated verb of the main clause. Why? Because the whole subordinate clause counts as one sentence element (one unit), so the verb in the main ...
Wendy Foster, 2011
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Psycholinguistics: Critical Concepts in Psychology
In the garden-path model, the verb "examined" will be parsed as the matrix verb in a main clause because that attachment is syntactically simpler than treating the verb as part of a relative clause. Thus, the processing system will be garden- ...
Gerry T. M. Altmann, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAIN CLAUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term main clause is used in the context of the following news items.
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Centre needs to define & list OTC drugs, fix prescription validity of 48 …
... Drugs and Cosmetics Act. It could be incorporated under Section 18 which is the main clause prohibiting sale of various categories of drugs. «pharmabiz.com, Jul 15»
2
Royal Caribbean refuses widow cruise refund
Then there's the 'Cancel for any Reason,' and that's the main clause were looking for here, because that is just that cancel for any reason no ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»
3
Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon was not eligible for a BOV …
However, in its statement, the bank did not disclose the main clause governing this part of the collective agreement, which states: “This scheme ... «Malta Independent Online, Jun 15»
4
Swimming pool red-eye isn't from chlorine (It's from urine)
I wasn't saying that chlorine doesn't give red eye, it sure does, but that tap water itself (the main clause in my sentence) doesn't usually cause ... «CNET, Jun 15»
5
A Word, Please: There exists more than one form of there
So “There is a man walking” takes all the action out of the main clause and makes it a mere modifying phrase “walking down the street. «Glendale News Press, Jun 15»
6
Which comes first — the chicken or the pig?
That type of mismatch of subclause and subject of main clause grates in the chicken book. Mark Essig, the author of the pig book, is a more ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Much to learn from Yoda, public speakers still have
It is much easier for a reader or a listener to process what Pinker calls a right-branching sentence — where the main clause is up front and the ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
8
NRA version of 2nd Amendment lacks common sense
In grammatical terms, the amendment consists of the main clause about the people, preceded by the absolute phrase about the militia that ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
9
PayPal Changes User Agreement To Send Ads On Numbers You …
The main clause discovered in the agreement gives the company rights to contact you via text or call to your personal number which you didn't ... «Tech News Today, Jun 15»
10
In which I am reduced to endorsing the AP Stylebook
Further, if a main clause is followed by two or more subordinate clauses, each should be introduced by that to give the reader the benefit of ... «Baltimore Sun, May 15»

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