Independent clause

A main clause is a simple sentence independently occurring or a subset in a sentence structure that is subordinate to any other subset, that is not dependent on any other subset. In some manuals only the parent subset, but not the independently occurring simple sentence is understood as the main clause ( Bußmann; Lewandowski ).

Examples from the German

• Law as self- occurring sentence: " We love the spring." It is a simple, self- set, consisting of subject, predicate and object. This case can not be understood by Bussmann and Lewandowski under law.
• Law than that subset, are dependent on the other subsets: "We love the spring, had to we wait so long." In this case, turn " We love the spring " of the law, from the now but the relative clause "in the is we had to wait so long, " dependent. The set is overall a compound sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause. This means that the main clause is independent, because it is a complete sentence without the subordinate clause and can only happen for themselves; the subordinate clause is, however, dependent on a main clause, so that it can occur in a text, so it is dependent.