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Subjunctive-Triggering Conjunctions

A closed set of conjunctions always takes the subjunctive: bien que, quoique (concession), pour que, afin que (purpose), avant que, jusqu'à ce que (anteriority), à moins que, à condition que, pourvu que, sans que. Their time/cause counterparts parce que, pendant que, après que take the indicative, so the list must be memorized as a set.

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A closed set of conjunctions always takes the subjunctive: bien que, quoique (concession), pour que, afin que (purpose), avant que, jusqu'à ce que (anteriority), à moins que, à condition que, pourvu que, sans que. Their time/cause counterparts parce que, pendant que, après que take the indicative, so the list must be memorized as a set.

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