Subordination
In subordination, you put a dependent word (subordinating conjunction) in front of one of the two sentences, which then becomes a dependent clause and is no longer a complete sentence.
| TWO SENTENCES |
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| JOINED THROUGH SUBORDINATION |
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| JOINED THROUGH SUBORDINATION |
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COMMON DEPENDENT WORDS (subordinating conjunctions)
| after | if | unless |
| although | if only | until |
| as | now that | when |
| as if | once | whenever |
| because | since | where |
| before | so that | while |
| even though |