Independent Clause
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An Independent Clause is a clause that can stand as a grammatical sentence.
- AKA: Main Clause.
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- Example(s):
- a Conditional Clause.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Conjunction (Grammar), Simple Sentence, Subject (Grammar), Predicate (Grammar).
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/independent_clause Retrieved:2015-11-18.
- An independent clause (or main clause) is a clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate and makes sense by itself.
Independent clauses can be joined by using a semicolon or by using a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, however, etc...).
- An independent clause (or main clause) is a clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate and makes sense by itself.