A clause that makes sense without the help of another clause is a main
clause. Here are few examples to consider:
Examples:
They searched the boy’s room but they did not find anything unusual.
The electrician pressed the switch and the motor started.
He is rich yet he is not happy.
In all three sentences, either of the two clauses makes sense on its own and all three
sentences are constructed on the same pattern. In the sentences just examined, each of the
conjunctions 'but', 'and' and ‘yet’ links two main clauses. Conjunctions doing that work
are called coordinating conjunctions because they link co-ordinate clauses. 'Coordinate'
clauses are clauses that are of equal 'standing' or 'rank'. They are equal in rank because
they do similar jobs in the sentence of which they form a part.
The clauses of equal rank may be joined by coordinating conjunction to perform variety
of functions.
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