main clause
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main clause
noun main clauses
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A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.
Similar: coordinate clause, independent clause
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noun grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically
| Español | proposición principal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주절 jujeol |
| 日本語 | 主文 jūbun, 主節 shusetsu |
| 中文 | 主要分句 zhǔyào fēnjù, 主句 zhǔjù |
| Português | oração coordenada, oração principal |
| Français | proposition principale |
| Deutsch | Hauptsatz |
| Italiano | proposizione principale |
| Русский | гла́вное предложе́ние glávnoje predložénije |
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