SUBORDINATION AND SUBORDINATORS
Adverbial clauses of time, condition, concession and manner
FINITE DEPENDENT CLAUSES AND THEIR SUBORDINATORS
Finite clauses are introduced by a subordinator, which serves to indicate the status of the clause together with its circumstantial meaning. Formally, subordinating conjunctions can be grouped as follows:
• simple conjunctions when, wherever, where, wherever, because, if, unless, until, while, as, although
• conjunctive groups as if, as though, even if, even though, even when, soon after, no sooner
• complex conjunctions there are three sub-classes:
