expressing condition, to the independent clause, _prepare to shed them
now;_ and _because_ connects _you need me_, as a modifier, expressing
reason or cause, to the independent clause, _I will go_. These and all such
conjunctions as connect dependent clauses to clauses of a _higher rank_ are
called +Subordinate Conjunctions+.

Let the teacher illustrate the meaning and use of the words _subordinate_
and _co-ordinate_.


DEFINITIONS.

+_Co-ordinate Conjunctions_ are such as connect words, phrases, or clauses
of the same rank+.

+_Subordinate Conjunctions_ are such as connect clauses of different rank+.

SENTENCE-BUILDING.

Build four short sentences for each of the three _co-ordinate conjunctions_
that follow. In the first, let the conjunction be used to connect principal
parts of a sentence; in the second, to connect word modifiers; in the
third, to connect phrase modifiers; and in the fourth, to connect
independent clauses.

And, or, but.

Write four short complex sentences containing the four _subordinate
conjunctions_ that follow. Let the first be used to introduce a noun
clause, and the other three to connect adverb clauses to independent