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Matrix clauseA clause which contains a subordinate clause within it. In the Complex sentence The employees who were dismissed are suing the company, the matrix clause is The employees … are suing the company, while the remainder who were dismissed is the subordinate clause contained within it. A matrix clause is often a main clause, but it need not be: it can itself be a subordinate clause.
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