Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions :


List of Conjunctions

Quick Refresher : Conjunctions are words that join two or more words, phrases or clauses.

Coordinating Conjunctions

Example : cookies and milk

Here they are only 7:

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

You can remember them using the acronym FANBOYS.

Subordinating Conjunctions

There are many subordinating conjunctions. This list does not include all of them.

Example : I will eat broccoli after I eat this cookie.

A : after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though

B : because, before, by the time

E : even if, even though

I : if, in order that, in case

L : lest

O : once, only if

P : provided that

S : since, so that

T : than, that, though, till

U : unless, until

W : when, whenever, where, wherever, while

Correlative Conjunctions

These are always used in pairs.

Example : This cookie contains neither chocolate nor nuts.

both... and

either... or

neither... nor

not only... but also

whether... or

List of Conjunctions

And

Or

But

Nor

So

For

Yet

After

Although

As

As

If

As

Long

As

Because

Before

Even

If

Even

Though

Once

Since

So

That

Though

Till

Unless

Until

What

When

Whenever

Wherever

Whether

While

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