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{{quote|“''Last night, I shot an elephant in my pajamas.'' | |||
''How an elephant got into my pajamas, I’ll never know.''” | |||
:—Groucho Marx}} | :—Groucho Marx}} | ||
In the | 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.