What are the 20 subordinating conjunctions?

Answer 1

The subordinating conjunctions are used to form dependent clauses. There must be a complete clause, otherwise the word may be a preposition. The common ones include words also used as pronouns (who, what, which) and also when, where, and how. Other subordinating conjunctions include:

-------One word

after

although

as

because

before

if

inasmuch (now rare)

lest (now rare)

once

since

though

unless

until ('til)

whenever

whereas

whether (or not)

while

--------Phrases

as if

as long as

as much as

as soon as

as though

by the time

even if

even though

every time

in case

in the event that

in order that

just in case

no matter (what, when, where which, who, how)

now that

only if

provided [that]

so that

the first time

Answer 2

Some subordinating conjunctions include: after, although, as, because, before, even though, if, in order that, once, since, so that, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while.