Subordinating Conjunctions - Learn American English Online

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subordinating conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions are used to combine an independent clause and a dependent clause. These words and phrases go in front of the dependent clause. (You learned about dependent clauses in Orange Level Lesson Two.) Subordinating conjunctions are sometimes confused with prepositions.

examples

after
although
as
as if
as long as
as much as
as soon as
as though
because
before
even if
even though
how
if
now that
provided
since
so that
that
though
unless
until
when
whenever
where
wherever
while

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