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My book "visual guide to grammar and punctuation" says on pg 61.

subordinating conjunction. They link a subordinate (less important) clause to a main clause".."e.g. Tigers only hunt when they are hungry".

What happens if I change it to the still understood "Tigers only hunt when hungry" — now that "when" is linking to just a word (I guess the question also could be for just a phrase), is it still considered a subordinating conjunction?

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  • Some grammarians would treat "when hungry" as a verbless clause. english.stackexchange.com/questions/613666/… Commented Nov 20, 2024 at 11:26
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    "when" serves the same role as in the original sentence. "they are" is simply elided. Commented Nov 20, 2024 at 17:29

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