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Subordinating Conjunctions (Place)
Subordinating Conjunctions
(Place)
What is a subordinating conjunction?
A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause. This word or phrase indicates that a clause has informative value to add to the sentence’s main idea, signalling a cause-and-effect relationship or a shift in time and place between the two clauses.
Subordinating Conjunction of Place:
One of the functions of subordinating conjunctions is to show a relationship between two clauses involving a transition of place. Some examples of such subordinating conjunctions are where, wherever and everywhere. They mean ‘at any place’ or ‘at every place’, ‘it doesn’t matter where’.
1. Wherever:
- Use wholegrain breakfast cereals wherever possible.
- She was followed by press photographers wherever she went.
- Wherever he went, he took his dog with him.
- Garlic is a plant that grows wherever there is a warm climate.
2. Where:
- Be sure to get a receipt where you have to pay a deposit.
- I’ve hidden the money where no one will find it.
- Put the picture where I can see it.
3. Everywhere:
- Everywhere I looked, there was death and destruction.
- People seem to recognize us everywhere we go.
- Everywhere we went was full of tourists.
Using a Comma with Subordinating Conjunctions:
When subordinating conjunctions are used in the middle of a sentence, they are not preceded by a comma. If you compare this with coordinating conjunctions, it is just the opposite of using a comma with coordinating conjunctions. It is similar to when conjunctions are used to join two independent clauses.
- She came near me afterward wherever I go.
- Everywhere I go, you always seem to be nearby.
Selected and Edited by: Mahdis Ramezanpour
Javidan Language Centre
www.rashtielts.ir