Question

What type of conjunction is the bolded word?

Gordon bit his nails whenever he was nervous.


A. subordinating
B.coordinating
C.correlative

Answer 1

I would say it is A but I am not 100% sure

Answer 2

The sentence contains a Subordinating Conjunction in the form of WHENEVER.

A subordinating conjunction can be identified as it is employed to join a dependent clause to an independent clause.

[Gordon bit his nails] + [whenever]+[he was nervous]
[ independent clause ] + [subordinating conjunction] + [dependent clause]