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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
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* 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."
* Click here for list of and more on [[Grammar#subordinating_conjunctions (see Grammar entry)]]


=== 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
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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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* 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)
* relative clauses can be either restrictive or non-restrictive, per below
* relative clauses can be either restrictive or non-restrictive, per below
** ex.
** ex.