Subordinating Conjunctions

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Subordinating Conjunctions

• connect two complete ideas by making one of the
  ideas subordinate or less important than the other

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Clauses

• All clauses have a subject and a verb
• Subordinate clauses cannot stand alone
• Ex before Nate left on his trip
• Independent clauses can stand alone as a complete
  sentence.
• Ex Nate left on his trip.

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Clauses

• All clauses have a subject and a verb
• Subordinate clauses cannot stand alone
• Ex before Nate left on his trip
• Independent clauses can stand alone as a complete
  sentence.
• Ex Nate left on his trip.

Subordinating Conjunction
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List of Subordinating Conjunctions

• After
• Although
• As
• As if
• As long as
• As soon as
• As though
• Because
• Before
• Even if

• Even though
• If
• In order that
• Lest
• Now that
• Since
• So that
• Than
• Though
• Till

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Examples

• After considering the consequences of murder, the
  burglar fled the bank without harming the teller.
• The tree will fall over unless we replace the top
  soil.
• Whenever Jessica flips her hair, all the boys in
  the class lose their focus.

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Punctuating with subordinate conjunctions

• When the subordinating clause begins the
  sentence, the subordinating clause is separated
  from the independent clause with a comma.
• No comma is used when the subordinating clause
  follow the independent clause.

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Practice

• Write one sentence beginning with a subordinating
  conjunction.
• Write another sentence with the subordinating
  conjunction in the middle of the sentence
  separating the two clauses.