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प्रश्न
Identify the two Main clause and conjunction in each of the following sentence.
Ramesh did not know Spanish, so he wanted a translator.
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उत्तर
Main clause:
- Ramesh did not know Spanish
- he wanted a translator
Conjunction:
so
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