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Main Clause

“Main Clause, also principal clause. A clause in a sentence to which other clauses are subordinated, and which is not itself a subordinate clause. In a simple sentence, the main clause is the entire sentence. In a compound sentence, there is more than one main clause. Complex sentences contain a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.”

Excerpted from: McArthur, Tom. The Oxford Concise Companion to the English Language. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Verbiage (n)

Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun verbiage . It means, for the purposes of this worksheet, “a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content.” The word might define itself, although I would argue that in our current media environment, cluttered with the detritus found on way, way too many social media sites, this is probably a word, and certainly a concept, that students should understand.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.