main clause

Grammar

Every full sentence contains at least one main clause. Sometimes two (or more) main clauses are linked together using coordinating conjunctions to form a compound sentence:

main clause	coordinating conjunction	main clause
Aja knew everyone in town.
My father-in-law had a great gift for friendship.
No man can face this situation without uneasiness	and	these circumstances were exceptional.

The two clauses in the last example can be joined in other ways, by making one of them dependent on the other: by turning it into a subordinate clause:

main clause	subordinating conjunction	subordinate clause
No man can face this situation without uneasiness	so	these circumstances were exceptional.

subordinating conjunction	subordinate clause	main clause
Although	no man can face this situation without uneasiness	these circumstances were exceptional.