Question

The children were told to return home _______ it became dark. ​

Answer 1

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The children were told to return home until it became dark.

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hence , this sentence uses conjunction to join the two sentences.

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Conjunction are the joining words which connects two different sentences.

Answer 2

The children were to told to return home because it will become dark