“Introducing... Subordinate Clauses!” in “About Writing: A Guide”

Introducing... Subordinate Clauses!

There are three different kinds of subordinate clauses: adverb clauses, adjective clauses, and noun clauses. Each of these clauses are introduced by certain words. These words are listed below.

Introducing Adverb Clauses

After	Though	Though
Although	If	Unless
As	In order that	Until
As if	Since	When
Because	So that	Where
Before	Than	Whether
Even	That	While

These are all subordinating conjunctions.

Introducing Adjective Clauses

That	Who	Whose
Which	Whom

These are all relative pronouns.

When

Where

Why

These are all relative adverbs.

Introducing Noun Clauses

That	Who	Whose
Which	Whom

These are all relative pronouns.

What	Whichever	Whomever
Whatever	Whoever

These are all other pronouns.

How	Whenever	Whether
If	Where	Why
When	Wherever

These are all other subordinating words.

Grammatical Sentences

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