Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions link dependent and independent clauses.

after although as as if as though because before

if even if even though how in order that rather than once

since so than that though till unless

until when where while whether wherever why

The deal is that, even though a dependent clause has a subject and a verb, it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. It's a drag, but easy to fix. Here you might try some connecting with rearranging--it's a little more flashy, but at least you can dance to it.

The world turns me on. Because it is round.

Correction: "Because the world is round, it turns me on." --Lennon & McCartney

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after	although	as	as if	as though	because	before
if	even if	even though	how	in order that	rather than	once
since	so	than	that	though	till	unless
until	when	where	while	whether	wherever	why

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