In addition to maintaining unity in the paragraph, subordination creates variety of sentence structure or style. Subordinate clauses are introduced by either subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns. Therefore, recognition of these function words is necessary to finding and using subordinate structures. The following word list names Conjunctive Adverbs, often confused with subordinating conjunctions. No other pronouns are subordinating except for compounds of the above, such as whoever and whomever.
All phrases are subordinate structures.