DEPENDENT / SUBORDINATE CLAUSE(S)

DEPENDANT CLAUSES Relative pronouns Who Subordinate conjunctions Whom Which Whose That Subordinate conjunctions After, since, before, as soon as, until, when while, whenever, where, wherever, because, than, although, if, though, provided that, unless, in order that, so that, as, as much as, as long as, as if, even though, even if

DEPENDANT CLAUSES Relative pronouns Who Subordinate conjunctions Whom Which Whose That Subordinate conjunctions After, since, before, as soon as, until, when while, whenever, where, wherever, because, than, although, if, though, provided that, unless, in order that, so that, as, as much as, as long as, as if, even though, even if

DEPENDANT CLAUSES (RULE #3) If a sentence starts with one of these words than a Dependent or Subordinate Clause is starting a sentence and a comma will follow that introductory Dependent/Subordinate Clause. Relative pronouns Who Whom Which Whose That Subordinate conjunctions After, since, before, as soon as, until, when while, whenever, where, wherever, because, than, although, if, though, provided that, unless, in order that, so that, as, as much as, as long as, as if, even though, even if

Parallel constructions with coordinating conjunctions DEPENDENT/INDEPENDENT CLAUSES IN A SERIES 7.) The lifeguard knew that the waves were high and they were dangerous The lifeguard knew that the waves were high and that they were dangerous The lifeguard knew the waves were high, and the waves were dangerous