Conjunction words: Since, Than, Rather than, Till, Until

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Subordinating Conjunctions - Since, Than, Rather than, Till and Until

Subordinating Conjunction Words : Since, Than, Rather than, Till and Until

Subordinating Conjunctions : Since, Than, Rather than, Till, Until

"Make relationship between two clauses / sentences"

Subordinating Conjunction words Since, Than, Rather than, Till and Until comes at the beginning of a Subordinate or Dependent Clause and establishes the relationship between the dependent clause and the rest of the sentence.

These words (Since, Than, Rather than, Till, Until) also turns the clause into something that depends on the rest of the sentence for its meaning.

Common Subordinating Conjunctions are:

Since

Than

Rather than

Till

Until

Uses of Conjunction Words: (Since, Than, Rather than, Till, Until)

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Since'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Since' is used to express why an event happens or what is the result of an event. (From and after the time when)

Examples:

• I have been in love since I saw you.
• I have never seen him since that incidence.
• Many things have changed since I left the job.

Note: Since, when used as a conjunction in this sense, should be preceded by a verb in the present perfect tense, and followed by a verb in the simple past tense.

• Seeing that:

Examples:

• Since you wish it, it shall be done.
• Since you will not work, you shall not eat.
• Since that is the case, I shall excuse you.
• Since he's lost his money, he couldn't go to the restaurant.

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Than'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Than' is used as a Conjunction, follows adjectives and adverbs in the comparative degree:

Examples:

• Wisdom is better than rubies (are).
• I see you often(er) than (I see) him.
• I would rather suffer than that you should want.
• I am better acquainted with the country than you are.

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Rather than'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Rather than' is used for saying that one thing is preferred to another or happens instead of another.

Examples:

• We want the matter settled sooner rather than later.
• Tom chose to quit rather than admit that he'd made a mistake.
• Raj decided to complete his work at the office rather than take it home.

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Till'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Till' is less formal than 'until' and is used less often in writing.

Examples:

• Just sit here till I come back.
• You will have to wait till tomorrow.
• I am staying out till the weather turns bad.

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Until'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Until' is used for continuing as far as a particular place.

Examples:

• I had to wait until they had finished.
• Jenil was leading the race until the final stage.
• Stay on the bus until the big bazaar, then get off and turn left.

Most common words used as subordinating Conjunctions are:

Common Subordinating Conjunction words:

As	If	As if	If only	As long as
Either	Even	Even if	Even so	Even Though
How	However	In case	In order that	In spite of
Since	Than	Rather than	Till	Until
That	Now that	Though	Although	As though
So	Because	Before	After	Except
Only	Once	Otherwise	Neither	Unless
What	Where	When	Whenever	Whereas
While	Whilst	Without	Wherever	Whether

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