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by Deepthi Subbu » Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:24 am
Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's brother and ending shortly before Emily's death in 1886,outnumbering her letters to anyone else.

Can 'were written' be considered the main verb of the main clause?
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by arora007 » Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:47 am
Deepthi Subbu wrote:Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson were written over a period beginning a few years before Susan's marriage to Emily's brother and ending shortly before Emily's death in 1886,outnumbering her letters to anyone else.

Can 'were written' be considered the main verb of the main clause?
seems as if there are no main verbs

a main clause could have been...

"Emily Dickinson's letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson outnumbered her letters to anyone else."
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by Deepthi Subbu » Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:48 pm
Thanks for the reply . I just realized that I posted the question under the wrong category . I have repost the same question under SC section , kindly help me understand the difference.
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