How Do You Use A Subordinating Conjunction?
Did you ever get told that you can’t start a sentence with the word “because”? Untrue! BECAUSE it is quite simple to understand, you can be using subordinating conjunctions the next time you write! Before you can use a subordinating conjunction, you must understand a subordinating conjunction. It’s a pretty simple concept: take two thoughts and decide which one is less important than the other. For example, take the two thoughts 1) we were late 2) traffic was bad. Of these two thoughts, the more important is that we we were late; the less important is the explanantion that traffic was bad. A subordinating conjunction does just what is says: it subordinates. In life if you are a subordinate to someone or if you get in trouble for insubordination, it has to do with the fact that you are beneath another in rank, position, or power. You don’t have the authority that your superior does, and you may not even be able to fully function without that person (think of the poor car salesman who ha
