Asseverative: in fact, assuredly, really.
Illative: hence, therefore, then, accordingly, so.
PRINCIPAL AND COORDINATE CLAUSES MAY BEGIN WITH ONE OF THESE CONJUNCTIONS
Chart D
THE CONJUNCTIONS IN THE SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
| Principal Clause | |
| Incidental (parenthetical) clause | |
| Adjective (relative, attributive) clause who, which, that, whose, whom | |
| Subordinate subject clause that | Subordinate object clause that |
| Subordinate clause of time (temporal) when, while, as soon as, before, after, till, until | Subordinate clause of place (locative) where, whence, wherever, whither |
| Subordinate clause of purpose (final, purpose clause) that, in order that, so that in as much as | Subordinate clause of cause (casual clause) as, because, for, since, |
| Subordinate clause of manner and comparison (modal clause) as (manner), than (comparison) | Subordinate clause of condition (conditional clause) if, unless, provided, provided that |
| Subordinate clause of concession (concessive clause) though, although, even if, however, notwithstanding that | Subordinate clause of result and correlatives that, so that (result) so ... as, so ... that (correlative, degree) |
Sequence of Tenses
A special series of exercises on the relations of the subordinate to the principal clause brings out the changes in tense made necessary in the subordinate clause as the tense of the principal clause varies.
Series VIII
Sequence of Tenses
Group A
(Causal Clauses)