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=== subordinating conjunctions === | === subordinating conjunctions === | ||
* = conjunctions that "subordinate" or turn an independent clause into a subordinate clause, i.e., a sentence that cannot stand on its own | * = conjunctions that "subordinate" or turn an independent clause into a subordinate clause, i.e., a sentence that cannot stand on its own | ||
** | * = create a need for additional information and sets up for the information that follows in the dominant or main clause | ||
** ex.: "The dog played with his toy every day until it wore out" can be phrased using a subordinating conjunction, as per: | |||
** "Until it wore out, the dog played with his toy every day." | |||
*** "Until it wore out" is not a complete sentence or thought | |||
Click EXPAND for partial list of subordinating conjunctions | Click EXPAND for partial list of subordinating conjunctions | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ | |+ Subordinating conjunctions | ||
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| after || although || as || as if || as long as | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | as much as || as soon as || as though || because || before | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | even || even if || even though || if || if only | ||
|- | |||
| if then || if when|| inasmuch || just as || lest | |||
|- | |||
| now || now that || now when || once || provided | |||
|- | |||
| provided that || rather than || since || so that || supposing | |||
|- | |||
| than || that || though || till || unless | |||
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| until || when || whenever || where || whereas | |||
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| where if || wherever || whether || which || while | |||
|- | |||
| who || whoever || why | |||
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|} | |} | ||
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