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B3B3
Subordinating Conjunctions
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A subordinating conjunction links a subordinate, or
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dependent, clause to an independent clause. A comma is
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not required:
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I'll believe it
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 when
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 I see it.
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If a clause begins with a subordinating conjunction, it is a
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subordinate clause.
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    Independent clause:
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we left the party
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    Subordinate (dependent) clause:
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after we left the
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        party
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Examples of subordinating conjunctions:
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     after                    before                    since                when
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     although            even though        so that            whenever
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     as                        how                        than                where
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     as if                        if                                that                    wherever
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     as though            in order that            though            whether
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     as much as        inasmuch as            unless            while
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     because            provided                until
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Some words used as subordinating conjunctions also
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function as other parts of speech:
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after
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,
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before
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, and
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until
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 are
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sometimes prepositions;
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once
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 and
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since
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 (when followed by
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time expressions), and
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how
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,
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when
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, and
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where
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 can be
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adverbs;
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 that
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 is often a relative or demonstrative pronoun.
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To tell a subordinating conjunction from a preposition, see if
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the first noun after the word in question is the subject of a
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clause. Subordinating conjunctions always begin clauses,
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not phrases.
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    Preposition:
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    Before
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 the meeting, we want to get coffee.
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    (
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meeting
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 is not the subject of a clause)
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    Subordinating conjunction:
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    Before
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 the meeting begins, we want to get coffee.
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    (
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meeting
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 is the subject of the clause "the meeting begins")
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Related topics
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Clauses
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Clauses and Punctuation
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For, Yet, and So as Conjunctions
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More choices
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Commas and Conjunctions
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