When to Use Each Coordinating Conjunction:

Reason Coordinating
Conjunction
To communicate addition and
To communicate contrast but, yet
To communicate a result/effect so
To communicate a reason/cause for
To communicate a choice or
To communicate a negative choice nor
 When to Use Common Subordinate Conjunctions:
Reason Subordinate Conjunction
Regarding time after, before, once, since,
until, when, whenever, while
To communicate a as, because, since
reason/cause
To communicate a in order that, so that, that
result/effect
To communicate a condition if, even if, unless
To communicate contrast although, even though,
though, whereas
Regarding location where, wherever
Regarding a choice than, whether