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Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions. connect two complete ideas by making one of the ideas subordinate or less important than the other. Subject. Verb. Clauses. All clauses have a subject and a verb Subordinate clauses cannot stand alone Ex: before Nate left on his trip

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Subordinating Conjunctions

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  1. Subordinating Conjunctions connect two complete ideas by making one of the ideas subordinate or less important than the other

  2. Subject Verb 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: Nateleft on his trip.

  3. Clauses • All clauses have a subject and a verb • Subordinate clauses cannot stand alone • Ex: beforeNate left on his trip • Independent clauses can stand alone as a complete sentence. • Ex: Nateleft on his trip. Subordinating Conjunction

  4. 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 List of Subordinating Conjunctionsfound on p. 62

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

  6. Punctuating with subordinate conjunctions • Whenthe subordinating clause begins the sentence,the subordinating clause is separated from the independent clause with a comma. • No comma is used whenthe subordinating clause follow the independent clause.

  7. Assignment • 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.

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