as soon as he heard the news. Is it a main clause or a subordinate clause?
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A complex sentence is made up of two or more clauses, where at least one of them should be independent, i.e., complete in meaning. The other clause/clauses should be dependent; it should depend on the main/independent clause for its complete meaning. In the given sentence, the latter clause "I called up my friend... ." is the main clause, as it can stand as a sentence on its own, and does not depend on the other clause for its complete meaning. Hence option B is correct. Option A is the dependent clause that begins with the subordinating conjunction 'as soon as', hence it is not the main clause and option A is incorrect. Option C contains fragments of both clauses, it is not one clause hence option C is incorrect. Option D is incorrect because the answer lies in B.