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=====Introduction===== | =====Introduction===== |
<html><P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN>Main clause</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353535; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353535; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN>A main clause (or independent clause) contains a<SPAN style="COLOR: #353535"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #8064a2">subject</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #353535"> </SPAN>and a<SPAN style="COLOR: #353535"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #8064a2">verb</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #353535"> </SPAN>and expresses a complete thought.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353535; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN>Examples</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN>Jenny was a teacher. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN>She lived in London.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353535; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353535; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; ; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN>These are both main clauses and also <SPAN style=" |