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	Analysis of Subordinating Conjunctions
		Subordinating conjunction definitions are similar to the better studied noun and verb definitions in having a genus term and differentiae.
		Subordinating conjunctions with this pattern thus appear to be characterizing the subordinate clause.
		Subordinating conjunctions essentially characterize the relation between the subordinate and main clauses, and generally characterize some of the temporal features associated with one or both of the clauses.
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	Subordination
		Sentences using subordinating conjunctions to combine clauses follow one of two basic formulas: one in which the dependent clause comes first, and one in which the dependent clause comes second.
		This is the incomplete condition that the subordinating conjunctions create, so if you ever use a word in a sentence, and it creates a condition similar to this one, you will know that this is a dependent clause and must be joined to an independent clause.
		When you use a subordinating conjunction to combine two simple sentences into a larger, more complicated one, it is (not surprisingly) called subordination.
	www.elcamino.cc.ca.us /Faculty/sdonnell/subordination.htm (463 words)

	Conjunctions
		They are: coordinating conjunctions used to connect two independent clauses, subordinating conjunctions used to establish the relationship between the dependent clause and the rest of the sentence, and correlative conjunctions which always travel in pairs, joining various sentence elements that should be treated as grammatically equal.
		A subordinating conjunction is a word which joins together a dependent clause and an independent clause.
		In this exercise, your task is to choose the correct subordinating conjunction to fill the space at the beginning of the adverb clause.
	newton.uor.edu /facultyfolder/rider/conjunctions.htm (1515 words)

	SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
		are also called subordinate conjunctions and are an essentially finite list of function words whose common members are after, although, as, as if, because, before, if, lest, since, so that, than, that, though, till, unless, until, and whether, plus inasmuch as, in order that, and (more recently, but in divided usage) like.
		Another way of describing the purpose of a subordinating conjunction is to say that it permits the inclusion of the clause it introduces within a larger clausal structure.
		The term functional connectives is sometimes used to cover certain interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs that do the same work as the subordinating conjunctions: they link subordinate clauses to or include them within main clauses or parts of them, although they also have another grammatical function to perform within their own dependent clause.
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	JohnsEsl - An online community for teachers and students of ESL
		A conjunction is a word that is used to connect sentences, clauses and phrases.
		Subordinating conjunctions are used to join one subject-verb combination to another subject-verb combination; however, the conjunction makes one part subordinate to, or dependant upon, the other.
		When using subordinating conjunctions, the resulting sentence is called a complex sentence.
	www.johnsesl.com /templates/grammar/allconjunctions.php (478 words)

	Identifying the Subordinating Conjunction
		Subordinating conjunctions introduce dependent (subordinate) clauses and join the dependent clause to the independent or main clause in a sentence.
		Subordinate clauses modify the independent clause in some way or act as parts of speech in relation to the independent clause.
		The subordinating conjunction THAT between SAID and HE is implied.
	grammar.uoregon.edu /conjunctions/subordinating.html (323 words)

	Conjunctions
		A coordinating conjunction is a word that connects two words or two groups of words that are used in the same way—that is, they are the same part of speech or they are grammatically alike.
		A subordinating conjunction is a word that connects two groups of words that are not used in the same way—that is, they are not the same part of speech and they are not grammatically alike.
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	The Russian Conjunction
		Conjunctions are small function words that conjoin nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases and the clauses of compound sentences, like and, or, but in English.
		Conjunctions do not agree, decline or conjugate (Hurray!) The relative pronoun который, which is also a conjunction of sorts, does agree (which is why it is called a 'pronoun' rather than a conjunction).
		Subordinating conjunction is restricted to clauses; there are no subordinatively conjoined nouns, verbs, or adjectives.
	www.alphadictionary.com /rusgrammar/conjunction.html (753 words)

	Sentence Fragments
		This text refers to subordinating conjunctions as "danger words." I disagree with using that label because it can cause students to avoid using subordinating conjunctions, which are powerful and necessary words for conveying the relationships between ideas.
		The SUBORDINATE or DEPENDENT clause cannot stand alone; it must depend on (rely or "lean" on) an independent clause because it is subordinate (of lesser rank or importance) to the main clause.
		This is a subordinate clause beginning with a relative pronoun, also known as a relative clause.
	www.octech.org /icourses/eng/eng155/Frags.html (1717 words)

	Supporting English Acquisition
		Coordinating conjunctions are defined as conjunctions which show the relationship between two ideas, or clauses, of equal importance.
		Subordinating conjunctions are defined as conjunctions which show the relationship of a less important idea to a more important idea.
		A conjunctive adverb has a similar function to a conjunction in that it is also used to show the relationship between two clauses.
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	Run-On Sentences
		Both of these sentences can be fixed by using a period, semicolon, colon, coordinating conjunction, subordinating conjunction, or a conjunctive adverb or transitional phrase.
		Adding a subordinating conjunction to one of the two independent clauses creates an independent clause and a dependent clause.
		Unlike a coordinating conjunction, a subordinating conjunction creates a sentence in which the ideas are given an unequal weight because one sentence is dependent on another.
	www.lavc.cc.ca.us /WCweb/runons.html (869 words)

	Sentence Problems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A subordinating conjunction signals that the clause it begins is dependent upon an independent clause.
		This fragment follows the pattern of a sentence beginning with a conjunctive adverb such as "however." It is correct to write "However, some husbands resist at first." It is important to distinguish between the function of subordinating conjunctions and that of conjunctive adverbs.
		This is a subordinate clause, as suggested by the subordinating conjunction "since." This clause must be attached to an independent clause.
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	Subordinating Conjunction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate clause to a main clause.
		An adverb clause is always introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
		A subordinating conjunction is always followed by a clause.
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	Conjunction
		CONJUNCTION: A conjunction is a word that connects or joins words, phrases, or clauses.
		Subordinating Conjunctions: are used to begin subordinate clauses.
		Some subordinating conjunctions are also used as prepositions; examples: after, before, Since, until.
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	Study/Learn German --> Subordinating Conjunctions
		Subordinating conjunctions are used to connect an independent and dependent clause together, and they do affect word order.
		In clauses introduced by subordinating conjunctions, the conjugated verb is forced to the end of the clause (not sentence) and a comma is placed before the conjunction.
		When a sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction, the main clause begins with the conjugated verb in keeping with the normal word order of German that states verbs are always in the second position.
	www.learn-to-speaker.com /German/german31.htm (586 words)

	Subordinating Conjunctions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They are called subordinating conjunctions because they transform the clause they introduce into a dependent clause, a clause subordinate to the independent clause in grammatical structure and importance.
		If the subordinating conjunction and its clause precede the independent clause, use a comma to separate the dependant clause from the independent clause.
		The subordinating conjunction because must be followed by the preposition of when it introduces a noun phrase.
	mit.imoat.net /handbook/cnj-sub.htm (341 words)

	English Grammar: Conjunctions (EnglishClub.com)
		Coordinating conjunctions are used to join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal.
		Subordinating conjunctions are used to join a subordinate dependent clause to a main clause, for example:
		Subordinating conjunctions usually come at the beginning of the subordinate clause.
	www.englishclub.com /grammar/conjunctions.htm (119 words)

	Linda Bryson's List of English Conjunctions
		Subordinating conjunctions, the largest class of conjunctions, connect subordinate clauses to a main clause.
		Subordinating conjunctions are a larger class of words; therefore, only a few of the more common ones are included in this list.
		Subordinators are usually a single word, but there are also a number of multi-word subordinators that function like a single subordinating conjunction.
	www.gsu.edu /~wwwesl/egw/bryson.htm (443 words)

	CONJUNCTIONS
		When a coordinating conjunction joins two words, phrases, or subordinate clauses, no comma should be placed before the conjunction.
		Subordinating conjunctions also join two clauses together, but in doing so, they make one clause dependent (or "subordinate") upon the other.
		A subordinating conjunction may appear at a sentence beginning or between two clauses in a sentence.
	wwwnew.towson.edu /ows/conjunctions.htm (238 words)

	Grammar Handbook: Conjunctions
		A correlative conjunction is a coordinating conjunction that works in pairs to connect elements in a sentence.
		A subordinating conjunction connects elements with different grammatical functions, usually a dependent and an independent clause.
		The subordinating conjunctions include after, in case, unless, although, in that, until, as, now that, when, as if, once, whenever, as though, since, where, because, so, whereas, before, so that, whether, even though, than, which, except that, that, while, however, though, who/whom, if.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/grammar_handbook/conjunctions.htm (238 words)

	A Homeschoolpedia: English Grammar -- Conjunctions
		The first 2 stops are short self-contained lessons covering the 2 primary types of conjunctions; the coordinating conjunction and the subordinating conjunction.
		Lesson 1 – The coordinating conjunction: a word that joins together two clauses that are both equally important.
		In addition to coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, this lesson covers correlative conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs In addition to as noted in the introduction to this article.
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	GrammarBooks - Writing Units
		The dependent clause is introduced by a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun.
		Conjunctions are words used to connect single words, phrases, clauses and sentences.
		Subordinating conjunctions introduce adverb dependent/subordinate clauses and connect them with the main/independent clause.
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	Complex Sentences Guidelines
		Some of the most common subordinating conjunctions are although, because, after, unless, since, as, than, where, while, and before.
		The choice of which subordinating conjunction to use is based on the relationship of the ideas in the two clauses.
		Dependent clauses that are introduced by subordinating conjunctions, or by the relative pronoun "that" are usually essential to the meaning of the sentence.
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	What is a Conjunction?
		A subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship among the independent clause(s) and the dependent clause(s).
		The most common correlative conjunctions are "both...and," "either...or," "neither...nor,", "not only...but also," "so...as," and "whether...or." (Technically correlative conjunctions consist simply of a co-ordinating conjunction linked to an adjective or adverb.)
		In this sentence, the correlative conjunction "both...and" is used to link the two noun phrases that act as the compound subject of the sentence: "my grandfather" and "my father".
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/conjunct.html (550 words)

	Lagelands Grammar - Conjunctions
		A subordinating conjunction is used to introduce a subordinate clause.
		It is very important that you are aware of subordinating conjunctions, because the sentence structure in a subordinate clause is different from that in a main clause.
		In a clause following a subordinating conjunction, the finite verb as well as all other verbs occur in the last or penultimate place.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /dutch/grammatica/conjunctions.htm (385 words)

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		The difficulty with translating the conjunction "cum" is that it has a wide variety of meanings and can take either the indicative or the subjunctive mood in its clause.
		In this respect, "cum" is is similar to our conjunction "as", which has quite a range of meanings, and at times seems to be using many of them all at once.
		This may seem odd, because "although" indicates that there is an incompatibility between the subordinate and main clauses -- that given the circumstances of the subordinate clause, the event in the main should not take place.
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	Subordinating Conjunctions
		The subordinating conjunction shows the relationship between the two clauses, so it doesn't matter which one comes first.
		When the subordinating clause (the part with the conjunction) comes first, there is a comma after the clause because it becomes an introductory element of the sentence.
		Note: Than is a subordinating conjunction that is used to show contrast, and it's possible to drop part of the clause, but it's important to use the correct pronoun.
	www.mpcfaculty.net /essc/handouts/SubordConj.htm (315 words)

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		http://grammar.uoregon.edu/toc.html, specifically its Punctuation, Subject/Verb Agreement, Conjunction and related sections; previous quizzes and exams; the AOE texbook, chapter 5; and the AP Stylebook.
		Conjunctions that come in pairs, such as either and or and neither and nor are known as:
		b) subordinating The conjunction as Indicates that fair as the system is receives less weight in the sentence than it is not perfect.
	www.calpoly.edu /~gricard/ExamI_study_guide_2.htm (1759 words)

	Subordinating conjunctions - Englishpage.com Forums
		A subordinating conjunction joins a clause that can't stand alone to a clause that can.
		A subordinate clause is usually introduced by a subordinating element such as a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun.
		The subordinate clause is "unless the results of the experiment are promising." This is not a complete sentence.
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