Conjunctions: causes, reasons, results and purpose

Conjunctions describing causes, reasons, results and purpose are subordinating conjunctions.

Conjunctions: causes, reasons and results

The following conjunctions are commonly used to connect causes/reasons and results. Because, as and since are very similar in meaning.

Or

See also:

As, because or since?

Or

When we use a so-clause to connect a cause or reason to a result, the so-clause must come second:

I’m on a diet so I have stopped eating chocolate.

Conjunctions: purpose

We use the following conjunctions to talk about purposes or goals. So and so that are more common than so as and in order that. So as is rather informal. In order that is more formal than the others.

We don’t usually put the subordinating clause first. When we do, it is more formal.

See also:

Beside or besides?

Conjunctions

Discourse markers (so, right, okay)

So that or in order that?

• uncensored
• uncensorious
• uncensured
• unceremonious
• unceremoniously
• unceremoniousness
• uncertain
• uncertainly
• uncertainness
• uncertainties
• uncertainties
• uncertainty
• uncertainty principle
• uncertainty-principle
• uncertificated
• uncertified
• unchain
• unchained
• unchaining
• unchains
• unchalleng
• unchallengeable
• unchallenged
• unchallenging
• unchallengings