Phil Druker/Department of English/ University of Idaho

** SUBORDINATORS (These words combine clauses to create
                                        complex sentences.)

Time:  when, while, since, before, after, until, once

Place:  where, wherever

Cause:  because, since, as, now that, inasmuch as

Condition:  if, unless, on condition that

Contrast/Concession:  although, even though, despite, in spite of

Adversative:  while, where, whereas

Other:  that, which, who, whoever, whom, what, why, how....