Subordinate Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions Subordinate conjunctions join two complete ideas by making one of the ideas subordinate to or dependant upon the other A subordinate clause--sometimes called a dependent clause--will begin with a subordinate conjunction or a relative pronoun and will contain both a subject and a verb. This combination of words will not form a complete sentence. Here is a list of subordinate conjunctions: after

in order that

until

although

lest

when

as

now that

whenever

as if

once

where

as long as

provided

whereas

as much as

provided that

wherever

as soon as

rather than

whether

as though

since

which

because

so that

while

before

than

who

even if

that

whom

even though

though

why

how

till

if

unless