LINKS
SEQUENCING IDEAS
CAUSE
CONSEQUENCE
ADDING INFORMATION
CHANGING THE SUBJECT
In the first place,
First of all,
To start with, / To begin
with,
In the second place,
Secondly,
Next,
Finally,
Last but (certainly) not
least,
Because of + N / -ing,
Due to + N / -ing,
owing to + N / -ing,
Because + sj + verb
As + sj + verb
Given that / Given the way
that…
since…
So,
Therefore,
That is why,
As a result,
As a consequence,
Apart from that,
In addition,
Besides,
Moreover,
Furthermore,
On top of that,
What is more,
Other than that (addition
+ contrast)
On a different note,
That’s beside the point
(=that is unrelated to the
topic in hand)
REFERRING TO OTHER
SOURCES
According to…
In x’s view, / In X’s opinion,
CONDITIONS
CONTRAST
PERSONAL OPINION
EXPLAINING / GIVING
EXAMPLES / EMPHASISING
SUMMING UP
If
Unless
Provided that
As long as
Insofar as… Insofar
that/ In so far as / In so
far that (=to the extent
that)
However, / Nevertheless,
Although + sj + vb
Even though + sj + vb
On the one hand………on
the other hand
In spite of + N / -ing
Despite + N / -ing
In my opinion,
As I see it,
It seems to me (that)
Personally,
From my point of view,
In my view,
In my opinion,
As far as I’m concerned,
To my mind,
In fact, / As a matter of
fact,
for example
For instance,
such as… / such x as …
In other words,
Actually (=in reality)
Needless to say,
In conclusion,
In short,
To put it briefly,
To sum up,
Taking everything into
account/consideration,
All things considered,
On balance,
@natalialzam
