main clause

noun Grammar.
a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
Also called in·de·pend·ent clause.
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main clause
 
n
grammar Compare subordinate clause a clause that can stand alone as a sentence

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Main clause is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
The colon is placed between two clauses when the first main clause introduces
  an explanation or description.
The objection is that the interposed phrase or clause needlessly interrupts the
  natural order of the main clause.
It is used to join a dependent clause to a main clause.
Use commas to set off a nonrestrictive dependent clause that follows a main
  clause or falls within the main clause.
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