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C3A2c
Subordinating Conjunctions
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Subordinating conjunctions join subordinate, or dependent,
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clauses to independent clauses. See
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Examples of
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Subordinating Conjunctions
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When a subordinating conjunction begins a clause, that
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clause will be a subordinate clause--even if the clause that
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follows the conjunction would otherwise be an independent
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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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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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Clauses and Punctuation
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More choices
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