independent clause

Word family nounindependenceindependencyIndependence Dayadverbindependentlyadjectiveindependent

Related topics: Grammar

ˌindependent ˈclause noun [countableC] technical

SLGa clause which can make a sentence by itself, for example ‘she went home’ in the sentence ‘She went home because she was tired.’ 独立从句〔即能独立成句的从句，如She went home because she was tired中的she went home〕 SYN main clause

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independent clause• Frye wrote the words independent clause and subordinate clause on the board.

词汇	independent clause
释义	independent clause Word family nounindependenceindependencyIndependence Dayadverbindependentlyadjectiveindependent Related topics: Grammar ˌindependent ˈclause noun [countableC] technical SLGa clause which can make a sentence by itself, for example ‘she went home’ in the sentence ‘She went home because she was tired.’ 独立从句〔即能独立成句的从句，如She went home because she was tired中的she went home〕 SYN main clause Examples from the Corpus independent clause• Frye wrote the words independent clause and subordinate clause on the board.
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