Conjunction words: While, Whilst, Without, Wherever, Whether

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Subordinating Conjunctions - While, Whilst, Without, Wherever and Whether

Subordinating Conjunction Words : While, Whilst, Without, Wherever and Whether

Subordinating Conjunctions : While, Whilst, Without, Wherever, Whether

"Make relationship between two clauses / sentences"

Subordinating Conjunction words While, Whilst, Without, Wherever and Whether comes at the beginning of a Subordinate or Dependent Clause and establishes the relationship between the dependent clause and the rest of the sentence.

These words (While, Whilst, Without, Wherever, Whether) also turns the clause into something that depends on the rest of the sentence for its meaning.

Common Subordinating Conjunctions are:

While

Whilst

Without

Wherever

Whether

Uses of Conjunction Words: (While, Whilst, Without, Wherever, Whether)

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'While'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'While' is used for the time that, as long as or at the same time that or Instead of Where as:

• Use of 'While' to indicate during the time that, as long as:

Examples:

• While there is life, there is hope.
• While he was sleeping, someone took away his bag.
• While they acknowledge the issue, they are not prepared to take any action.

• Use of 'While' to indicate the same time that:

Examples:

• The girls sang, while the boys played.
• While he found fault, he also praised.
• She listens to podcasts while she’s jogging.

• Use of 'While' Instead of Where as:

Examples:

• While this is true of some, it is not true of all.
• While I have no money to spend, you have nothing to spend on.
• Raj is very extrovert and confident while Riya is shy and quiet.

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Whilst'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Whilst' and 'While' mean the same when we use them as conjunctions. Both mean ‘during the time that something else happens’, or ‘in contrast with something else’. While is much more common than whilst, and whilst sounds more formal:

Examples:

• He watched a movie whilst running on a treadmill.
• Would you like something to eat whilst we’re waiting?
• Harry talked on the phone whilst pulling money from the ATM.
• British English prefers an ‘s’ for words like realise and organise, whilst American English prefers ‘z’ (realize, organize).

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Without'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Without' is used as a Conjunction meaning unless:

Examples:

• I shall not do the work without you.
• He left the room without saying a word.
• Try doing the math without a calculator.

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Wherever'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Wherever' is used where someone does something or where a particular situation exists.

Examples:

• Wherever he went, he took his puppy with him.
• Wherever she goes, she always sends a postcard.
• She was followed by press photographers wherever she went.

Use of Subordinating conjunction word 'Whether'

Subordinating Conjunction word 'Whether' is used as a conjunction to show two different options in the sentence.

Examples:

• I am going home whether you like it or not.
• We need to find out whether it is safe or not.
• Whether you stay or you go, it's your decision.
• I will turn in this assignment at midnight whether or not I complete it.

Most common words used as subordinating Conjunctions are:

Common Subordinating Conjunction words:

As	If	As if	If only	As long as
Either	Even	Even if	Even so	Even Though
How	However	In case	In order that	In spite of
Since	Than	Rather than	Till	Until
That	Now that	Though	Although	As though
So	Because	Before	After	Except
Only	Once	Otherwise	Neither	Unless
What	Where	When	Whenever	Whereas
While	Whilst	Without	Wherever	Whether

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