| 单词 | main clause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmain clause main clause n. Grammar a clause that is not subordinate to or dependent on any other, i.e. one which can form a complete sentence in isolation, having a subject and a predicate. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > clause clausec1374 particlea1530 limb1577 member1762 main clause1853 colon1883 1853 T. Rowland Gram. Welsh Lang. 162 The main clause is that which contains the leading proposition. 1933 M. Callaway Temporal Subjunctive in Old Eng. i. 18 The use of the Subjunctive of Antecedent Action, in dependent clauses introduced by particles meaning ‘after’..is to be accounted for..by the nature of the main clause. 1988 R. Huddleston Eng. Gram. ix. 130 Contrasts of clause type apply to subordinate clauses as well as to main clauses, whereas only utterances of main clauses will have illocutionary force. < as lemmas |
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