Clause-The Principal Clause
1. Clause-The Principal Clause
Principal Clause
Principal Clause āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ Clause (āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ subject āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ finite verb āϰā§ā§āĻā§) āϝ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āύā§āϝ clause āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤āĻāĻā§ Main Clause/Independent Clause āĻ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
Example: a) I saw the boy who was crying.
b) They know that we’ll inform them the news.
c) I have a ring which is made of gold.
Note: principal clause āĻā§ identify āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻā§āĻļāϞ āĻšāϞ: āĻ clause āĻāϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤ āĻā§āύ conjunction āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤āϝā§āĻŽāύ: If you come here, I shall go there. / I could not buy a computer as he did not have the required money.