Re: OT: German "Satz"

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:46:29 -0400, Harald Stoiber <stoiberh@...> wrote:

>"Hauptsatz" would be the main clause where there is also a
>relative clause
Correcting myself I should rather say that Hauptsatz is every
clause that can be a grammatically complete utterance in itself.
Linked by a conjunction, a Hauptsatz can also follow a Hauptsatz.
Example: "Ich spreche Deutsch, und ich lebe in Österreich."
(=I speak german and I live in Austria). In the case of
consecutive main clauses (Hauptsatzkette), a comma separates them
in writing.

Ok, I didn't want to hold a lecture... just help Andreas get my
point. ;-)

Cheers,
Harald

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