A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate (dependent) clause to a main (independent) clause: +. Here are some common subordinating conjunctions: 1  after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than, that, though, till, until, when, where, whether, while.
Forty years ago, half a million people gathered for three days of peace, love and letting their private parts flap all over the hashish-covered mud at a place called Woodstock. This event exists as mythology for most of our readers, who only know it from a series of photographs and wistful documentaries.
Back when Woodstock happened, no one expected that half a million rock fans would gather in the upstate town of Bethel, N.Y., on short notice. So rumors about what went on started to fly, and the media was first in line to start them says Howard Loberfeld, who attended at age 15.