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Subject and predicate/verb.

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a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence. It expresses a complete thought and does not depend on any other clause for its meaning.

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What must a main clause contain?

Subject and predicate/verb.


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Is a sentence with an adverb or adjective clause a compound sentence?

A sentence with an adverb or adjective clause is a complex sentence, because an adjective clause is a subordinate clause. A complex sentence must contain one independent clause plus one or more subordinate clauses.


A sentence with an adverb or adjective clause is a compound sentence?

A sentence with an adverb or adjective clause is a complex sentence, because an adjective clause is a subordinate clause. A complex sentence must contain one independent clause plus one or more subordinate clauses.


A single clause standing alone is a ______ sentence?

An independent clause contains a subject and a verb. It need contain nothing else, though it may. If the verb is impersonal, it need not even contain a subject. 'It is snowing' is an independent clause consisting of a three-word impersonal verb formation and nothing else.


What type of clause modifies adjective verb or adverbs?

well for adjectives it must be a describing clause and for verb it must be a doing clause and for a adverb it must be a modifying clause


What is main clause and subordinate clause give an example?

A main clause = it is independent, i.e. it does not depend on any other sentence. A subordinate clause = a sentence depending on/subordinated to a another sentence, either a main clause or another subordinate clause. (you ask the main clause a question and you answer with the subordinate). e.g. "Can you tell me/ (the main clause) when the book was written?" ( the subordinate clause = a Direct Object). or "This is the book/ that I told you about". (the second clause is an Attributive or a Relative Clause). or If she had know this, / she wouldn't have trusted him." (the first sentence is an If Clause or a Conditional).


A clause that could be a sentence by itself is a?

main clause; subordinate clause


What two things does a group of words need in order to be a clause?

A clause is a group of related words containing a subject that tells the reader what the sentence is about, and the verb tells the reader what the subject is doing. A clause comes in four types, independent, dependent, relative or noun clause


What clause must always be combined with an independent clause?

A dependent clause.


What is the main clause of have you seen my textbook rafeal?

There is only one clause, so it is automatically the main clause. "Rafael" is a noun of address, not a clause. If you has said, "I asked Rafael whether he had seen my textbook," then "I asked Rafael" would be the main clause.