SubordinatorsSubordinatorsarelinkingwordsthatareusedtojoinclausestogether.Theyareusedatthebeginningorinthemiddleofasentence.Aclauseisagroupofwordsthatmustcontainasubjectandpredicate.Therearetwotypesofclauses:

independentclausesthesecanstandaloneasasentencebythemselvesdependentclausesthesemakenosensebythemselves.

Example

CommonsubordinatorsBelowaresomeexamplesofcommonlyusedsubordinators.

Comparison&Contrast Cause/effect Time

AlthoughThoughEventhoughWhileWhereas

SinceSothatBecause

AfterWhenUntilWheneverBefore

Possibility Place&manner

ifasifwhetherunless

WhereverWhereHow

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Commonlinkingwordsandphrases