Understanding Sentence Structure and Word Formation

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Subordination

Subordinated clauses can be classified as:

  • Substantive (that is, who, what, when, where, how)
  • Adjective (which, who, where, whose, how, when)
  • Adverbial
    • Proper:
      • Location: where, whither
      • Time: when, as, then, as soon as, after, before, until, every time
      • Manner: as
    • Improper:
      • Finals: so that, for
      • Causals: because, since
      • Concessive: but, despite that, even if, although
      • Conditional: if, in the case that, provided that, unless
      • Comparative:
        • Superiority: more than, more… than
        • Equality: both… like, so..
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