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Is When a Subordinate Conjunction? | Clear Grammar Rule

No, “when” can function as a subordinating conjunction in a clause, but the word itself is not usually labeled “a subordinate conjunction.” That wording trips up a lot of writers. The snag is small but real: grammar books usually talk about subordinating conjunctions, not “subordinate conjunctions,” and they describe when as one of them when

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