Writing Academic English 4th Edition

ifI lockedthedoorornot.

whetherornotIlockedthedoor.

whetherIlockedthedoorornot.

Weshouldaskwhenthebusarrives.

Hedidn'tcarehowlonghehadtowait.

Donotworryabouthowmuchtheycost.

Doyouknowwherethebusstationis?

Whoeverarrivesatthebusstationfirstshouldbuythe

tickets.

Ican'trememberifIlockedthedoor.

I can'trememberwhetherI lockedthedoor.

when,why,how

howlong,howoften,etc.

which,what,where

howmuch,howmany

who,whoever,whom

if...ornot

whether...ornot

whetherornot

whether

if

Noticethatsomesubordinatingconjunctionscanintroducedifferentkinds of

dependentclauses.Thatcanintroduceeithernounclausesoradjectiveclauses,and

wherecanintroduceeithera noun,anadjective,oranadverbclause.Itnormallyis

notimportanttoknowthekindofclause.

I can'trememberwhereI putthehousekey.(nounclause;directobjectof

remember)

It'snotintheplacewhereI usuallyputit.(adjectiveclause;tellswhichplace)

I alwaysputitwhereI willseeit whenI gooutthefrontdoor.(adverbclause;

tellswhereIputit)

Conjunctiveadverbscanappearat thebeginning,inthemiddle,orat theendofone

independentclause,butweoftenusethemtoconnecttwoindependentclauses.

Remembertoputa semicolonbeforeanda commaaftertheconjunctiveadverb

ifanindependentclausefollows.

J\ppendixCI ChartsofConnectingWordsandTransitionSignals 295

Subordinatingwordsfornoundauses

Conjunctive Adverbs