单词 | subordinating conjunction |
释义 | > as lemmassubordinating conjunction subordinating conjunction n. Grammar a conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [noun] > subordinating continuative1530 subordinating conjunction1849 1849 H. Scheib Thought & Expression: Gram. iv. 69 The single sentences..are not connected by the above named conjunctions, but by another kind of connectives, called subordinating conjunctions. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xii. 241 Relatives and subordinating conjunctions are wanting. 1914 P. S. Allen First German Composition 45 This rule of dependent order covers all sentences introduced by a subordinating conjunction. 1997 J. Corbett Lang. & Sc. Lit. 167 Relations of cause and effect can be expressed by the subordinating conjunction ‘because’. < as lemmas |
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