Subordinators

Subordinators are linking words that are used to join clauses together. They are used at
the beginning or in the middle of a sentence. A clause is a group of words that must
contain a subject and predicate. There are two types of clauses:

 independent clauses - these can stand alone as a sentence by themselves

 dependent clauses - these make no sense by themselves.

Example

Common subordinators
Below are some examples of commonly used subordinators.

Comparison &
Cause / effect Time
Contrast
 Although  Since  After
 Though  So that  When
 Even though  Because  Until
 While  Whenever
 Before

Possibility Place & manner

 if  Wherever
 as if  Where
 whether
 unless