Some examples of subordinate clauses: In academic writing, it is common for writers to use adverbs to connect ideas. Typically, adverbs are found at the beginning of a sentence, or they can ...

He was annoyed because the train had stopped. Subordinate conjunctions (and clauses) can be used in different places within a sentence. They can go at the start, middle or end of a sentence.

A subordinating conjunction is the word/words used to link two clauses together, a main clause and a subordinate clause. The subordinate clause always depends on another clause for its full meaning.