clause is dependent on the main clause, but it does not form a complete sentence. See also complex sentence. is the point in a discourse, such as a story or speech, which is the most important, or the turning point, or the point of decision. describes a group of things (or persons) considered as a whole, such as “rice” or “crowd.” In English a collective noun is considered to be singular or plural, more or less on the basis of traditional usage; for example, “The crowd is [The people