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Which word in this sentence is a subordinating conjunction?

Because the ocean washed his love’s name away, the speaker is pained.
A. washed
B. Because
C. love’s
D. speaker

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The only conjunction in this sentence is "because". Washed is a verb, love's is a noun, and speaker is also a noun. So through the process of elimination of the choices given, then the only possible answer is "because" since that is the only conjunction

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The only conjunction in this sentence is "because". Washed is a verb, love's is a noun, and speaker is also a noun. So through the process of elimination of the choices given, then the only possible answer is "because" since that is the only conjunction
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