Partial List of Subordinating Conjunctions (words beginning dependent clauses)
after | as though | if | now | so much as | until | whereas | whoever |
although | because | if ever | now that | so near as | what | wherever | whom |
as | before | if only | once | so that | whatever | whether | whomever |
as close as | but that | in case | provided | such that | what if | whether ... or | whose |
as if | but what | in order that | provided that | than | whatsoever | which | whosoever |
as long as | except | in which | since | that | when | whichever | why |
as often as | except that | lest | so far as | though | whenever | while | |
as soon as | how | like | so long as | unless | where | who |
The subordinating conjunction marks the beginning of a dependent clause, which can appear before the main clause (at the beginning of the sentence) or after the main clause (at the end of the sentence).The dependent clause at the beginning sentence should be set off with commas; the dependent clause at the end should not be set off with commas.
Although the auditors were supposed to look out for investors, they were too busy appeasing executives.
The partygoer was forced to walk after he realized his keys were at the bottom the fish tank with the piranha in it.