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Linking Words 1

The document provides a list of phrases that can be used for different purposes in writing, such as starting, continuing, concluding, giving examples, expressing opinions, and contrasting ideas. It includes common transitional phrases and words for linking and organizing ideas.

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Linking Words 1

The document provides a list of phrases that can be used for different purposes in writing, such as starting, continuing, concluding, giving examples, expressing opinions, and contrasting ideas. It includes common transitional phrases and words for linking and organizing ideas.

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TO START  Otherwise  With reference to…

 At first  Whereas  With regard to…


 At the beginning  While
 First (of all)
 Firstly TO GIVE EXAMPLES TO CLARIFY
 In the beginning  For example  I mean (that)
 In the first place,  For instance  That is to say,
 To begin with  Such as  In other words..

TO CONTINUE / TO ADD INFORMATION TO AGREE / DISAGREE


ENUMERATE  …too  I agree with/to
 After  Also…  I don’t agree with/to
 After that / afterwards  As well  I disagree with/to
 Before  Besides…  I’m in favour of
 Immediately  Both…..and… ..
 Later  Furthermore TO EXPRESS CAUSE AND
 Next  In addition to... RESULT
 Secondly,  Moreover…  As / since
 Then  Not only…….but also............  As a result,
 Thirdly,  What is more  Because
 Consequently,
TO FINISH / CONCLUDE TO GENERALIZE  Due to / owing to / because
 All in all  Basically… of
 At the end  Basically…  For this reason,
 Finally  Generally speaking…  Not enough…for/to
 In conclusion  Generally speaking…  So / therefore,
 In short,  Generally…  This is why,
 In the end  Generally…  Too…for/to
 Lastly,  In general…
 On the whole  In general… TO SHOW SIMILARITY
 Summing up  In many ways…  In a similar manner
 To sum up  On the whole…  In the same way
 On the whole…  Like
TO CONTRAST IDEAS  Likewise
 …, though  Similarly
 Although
 But TO EXPRESS OPINION TO CHANGE SUBJECT
 Despite  As far as I am concerned.......  Anyway,
 Despite the fact that  Frankly,…  By the way,
 Either ……or  Honestly,
 Even if  I feel… TO INSIST ON AN EARLIER
POINT
 Even though  I think…
 As I have noted,
 However,  In my view
 As I have said (before)
 In contrast,  In my opinion…
 In spite of  It seems to me that…
 In spite of the fact that  Personally, I think…
 Neither…….nor
 Nevertheless, TO GIVE REFERENCE
 On the contrary,  As regards…
 On the one hand …on the  Regarding…
other hand,

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