Question

Pick out the Principal Clause and the Subordinate Clause or Clauses in each of the
following sentences:
(1) Burke spoke as though he were a born orator. (2) He thought that the
traitor should be put to death. (3) When at last he reached the bank, the
people told him that he had won the wager. (4) The newspaper will tell us
tomorrow what the world is doing to-day. (5) In the Middle Ages the few
books that were produced at all were written by hand. (6) When the world
was young, artists drew their pictures on stone. (7) What he said, I could
not bear because it was most insulting. (8) Have you heard that Shyam has
been beaten by Prem? (9) Let no one follow me to the place where I now go.
(10) My brother hopes that you will pay us a visit.​

Answer 1

Answer:

he were a born orator is a principal clause

because it gives the full meaning,but infront of this....bruke spoke as though......is a subordinate clause because it give a incomplete meaning