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Sandip Kumar Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Connective preposition or Subordinating conjunction?

I know that a Subordinating Conjunction or a subordinator serves as a marker for the Subordinate Clause :

Other children are annoyed because John raises his hand constantly.

Here 'because John raises his hand constantly' is a Subordinate Clause, and 'because' is a Subordinating Conjunction.

But an online grammar website says : here 'because' is a connective preposition.

Could you please clarify what connective preposition is and whether because is a Subordinating Conjunction or a connective preposition?

  

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There are different schools of grammar that use different terminology and different systems of analysis. For example, traditional grammars use the term "clause" to mean a semantic unit with an inflected verb, and "phrase" to mean a unit with a non-finite verb. Modern grammar uses "clause" for both.

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  • There are different schools of grammar that use different terminology and different systems of analysis.
  • For example, traditional grammars use the term "clause" to mean a semantic unit with an inflected verb, and "phrase" to mean a unit with a non-finite verb.
  • Modern grammar uses "clause" for both.
  • Modern grammar uses "adjunct" where traditional grammar uses "adverb".
  • There are many more examples.
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There are different schools of grammar that use different terminology and different systems of analysis.

For example, traditional grammars use the term "clause" to mean a semantic unit with an inflected verb, and "phrase" to mean a unit with a non-finite verb. Modern grammar uses "clause" for both.

Modern grammar uses "adjunct" where traditional grammar uses "adverb".

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Other children are annoyed because John raises his hand constantly.

Trad grammar treats "because" as a subordinating conjunction, while some modern grammars classify it as a preposition.

In the prepositional analysis, the underlined element is a preposition phrase with "because" as head and "John raises his hand constantly" as a subordinate clause serving as compleme

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