Clause-The Principal Clause

1. Clause-The Principal Clause

Principal Clause

Principal Clause āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Clause (āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ subject āĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ finite verb āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇) āϝ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĨ¤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ clause āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤āĻāϕ⧇ Main Clause/Independent Clause āĻ“ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

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 āϕ⧇ identify āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻšāϞ: āĻ clause āĻāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤ āϕ⧋āύ conjunction āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: If you come here, I shall go there. / I could not buy a computer as he did not have the required money.