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=== subordinating conjunction === | === subordinating conjunction === | ||
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|+Subordinating Conjunctions | |||
|after | |||
although | |||
as | |||
as if | |||
as long as | |||
as much as | |||
as though | |||
because | |||
before | |||
by the time | |||
even | |||
even if | |||
even though | |||
|if | |||
if only | |||
if when | |||
if then | |||
in case | |||
in order to | |||
just | |||
just as | |||
now | |||
now that | |||
|once | |||
provided that | |||
rather than | |||
since | |||
so that | |||
supposing | |||
than | |||
though | |||
till | |||
unless | |||
|when | |||
whenever | |||
were | |||
whereas | |||
where if | |||
whenever | |||
wherever | |||
whether | |||
while | |||
whose | |||
whoever | |||
why | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" |note: ''that, which and who'' are relative pronouns that can act as subordinating conjunctions in some cases | |||
|} | |||
* Subordinating conjunction "subordinates" an IC into a DC | * Subordinating conjunction "subordinates" an IC into a DC | ||
** i.e, (SC) renders or turns an IC into a DC | ** i.e, (SC) renders or turns an IC into a DC | ||
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*** "Since" = SC and it "subordinates the IC "I love baseball" by creating the need for additional information in order to complete the thought: | *** "Since" = SC and it "subordinates the IC "I love baseball" by creating the need for additional information in order to complete the thought: | ||
*** "Since I love baseball, I watch it every chance I get." | *** "Since I love baseball, I watch it every chance I get." | ||
=== Relative clause === | === Relative clause === | ||
* a type of "adjective clause" | |||
* = a dependent clause that contains a subject-verb, but provides additional information and is not a complete sentence of thought by itself | |||
* the "subject" of the clause is a pronoun (thus "relative," as pronouns relate to a noun) | |||
* relative clauses are introduced by a relative pronoun (see table) | |||
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|+ relative pronouns | |+ relative pronouns | ||
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| colspan="3" | * Source: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/relative-clauses/ | | colspan="3" | * Source: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/relative-clauses/ | ||
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* relative clauses can be either restrictive or non-restrictive, per below | * relative clauses can be either restrictive or non-restrictive, per below | ||
** ex. | ** ex. |