principal clause

noun

The principal clause in his will was expressed in these terms:—“Let the people of Rome inherit all my fortunes.”

The independent part of the sentence is called a principal clause, and the dependent part is called a subordinate clause.

A complex sentence contains one principal clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

This really amounts to the conclusion, or principal clause, in a sentence, of which the condition is omitted.

A subordinate or dependent clause is one which makes a statement depending upon or modifying some word in the principal clause.

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