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• Main clause
  ...e]] is the remainder of the [[superordinate clause]] after the subordinate clause has been removed. ...use of the relative clause is ''I often remember the boy'', while the main clause of ''when we lived in India'' is ''that I went to school with''.
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• Chain Composition
  In generative syntax, a '''chain composition''' is a process by which two independent [[chain]]s, say (a₁,...,a_n) and (b₁,...,b< ...the embedded adjunct clause. To give the [[parasitic gap]] in the embedded clause its correct interpretation (i.e. as a [[variable]] bound by ''which gaps'')
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• Infinitive
  ...ation core]], so it may function as the head of a (non-finite) [[dependent clause]]. Morphologically, it is a non-finite form which is crucially not specifie
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• Index old
  ...ation core]], so it may function as the head of a (non-finite) [[dependent clause]]. Morphologically, it is a non-finite form which is crucially not specifie
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• Coherence
  ...the external relationship between clauses and clause complexes, which are independent of grammatical structure.<br /> ...erent themes; one double theme is the point of departure for two (or more) independent partial progressions, with one progression being developed after the other:
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• Future tense
  ...this is not the case and the simple present construction is used in a main clause, it implies absolute certainty since the future is determined in advance by ...volition, intention, or promise and thus presents the future as something independent of all factors that could influence it. The construction is furthermore sai
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