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Snackable Business English
Subordinating Conjunctions H. E. Colby
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• Conjunctions join sentences and often makes them more compact.
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• Subordinating conjunctions provide a necessary transition between two clauses (main, subordinate) in a sentence.
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• This transition will indicate a time, place, reason, or concession and comparison.
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• Examples of Subordinating Conjunctions
Time – after, as soon as, as long as
• Place – where, wherever
• Reason – as, because, in order that
• Concession/Comparison – as if, even though, just as, though
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• Transition Example:
• The police searched the warehouse, where the robbers fled from the bank.
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• Subordinating conjunctions also make the main clause more important than the second (subordinate) clause.
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• Subordination Example:
• The police searched the warehouse [Main Clause], where the robbers fled from the bank [Subordinate Clause].
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while/ as if / once / because / when
1. She behaves ___ _________ she is the Queen of England.
2. We started moving _____ he took his foot off the brake.
3. I ran _____________ I was scared.
4. Sheila will be able to drive _________ she gets older.
5. I waited ________ my mom paid for the groceries.
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1. She behaves as if she is the Queen of England.
2. We started moving once he took his foot off the brake.
3. I ran because I was scared.
4. Sheila will be able to drive when she gets older.
5. I waited while my mom paid for the groceries.
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H. E. Colby, author of 21 Essential English Grammar Lessons, is a seasoned English professor who has been helping her students achieve their goals several years now.
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