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In the sentence, “how an elephant got into my pajamas, I’ll never know”, “how an elephant got into my pajamas” is a dependent clause, and “I’ll never know” is the [[main clause]].
{{quote|“''Last night, I shot an elephant in my pajamas.''
 
''How an elephant got into my pajamas, I’ll never know.''”
:—Groucho Marx}}
In the sentence, “How an elephant got into my pajamas, I’ll never know”, “I’ll never know” is the [[main clause]], and “how an elephant got into my pajamas” is the [[dependent clause]].

Latest revision as of 10:38, 12 January 2022

Last night, I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

How an elephant got into my pajamas, I’ll never know.

—Groucho Marx

In the sentence, “How an elephant got into my pajamas, I’ll never know”, “I’ll never know” is the main clause, and “how an elephant got into my pajamas” is the dependent clause.