CONNECTORS

§ Agreeing with facts:

In fact
Actually
As a matter of fact
The fact of the matter is that
The truth of the matter is that
In effect
In practice
In theory
Naturally
Of course

§ Reasons and results

Because of this/that
In this/that way
For this reason
Therefore
As a result
Consequently
So
Thus
Due to
Because
Since
As
(Un)fortunately
Owing to
Such... that
So... that

§ Contrast

In contrast to
However
Whereas
But
Still
Yet
On the other hand
On the contrary
But all the same

§ Concession

Though
Although
Albeit
In spite of this
Despite
However
Nevertheless
All the same
Even if
For all that
At any rate
In any case
Anyway


§ Addition (building up an argument)

As well
Not only but also
Moreover
Both...and
and
Firstly / secondly / thirdly ....
In the first place
First of all
To begin/star with
At first (sight)
In the second place
Apart from that
In addition
What’s more
On top of that
Besides
Furthermore
Moreover
Equally important
Worse still
To make matters worse
On the one hand
On the other hand
On the contrary
Last but not least
To crown it all
Finally
Lastly
In conclusion
Worst of all

§ Parallel

On the one hand..... but on the other
The more.... the less...
.....but at the same time....

§ Condition

If
Unless
Provided (that)
As long as
On condition that
Otherwise

§ Reference

With respect to
As regard to
Regarding
As to
As regards
The former
The latter

§ Enumeration

To begin with
Firstly, secondly, etc
Last but not least
....For a start
Eventually
Finally,
Last / lastly
At last
In the end
In the long run

§ Examples

For example
For instance
As an illustration
In particular
Let’s take the case of
Such as
Say
Like

§ Generalizing

On the whole
All in all
By and large
... as they say


§ Clarifying

In other words
That is to say
To clarify (our ideas)
At this point,
Let me be more specific

§ Purpose

In order to
So as to
So as not to
So that
To
For that purpose

§ Feelings

To my surprise
To my disappointment
To my annoyance

§ Summary

In summary
In conclusion
Therefore
Finally
Consequently
Thus
In short
In brief
To sum up
To round off
In short / in brief
On the whole
Summing up

§ Expressing a personal desire / opinion

In my opinion
In my view
From my point of view
Personally
As I see it
As far as I am concerned

§ Pausing for thought (orally)

Well you know
You see
Let me see
I mean
I mean to say
That is to say
In other words

§ Punctuation

Basically
Fundamentally
Essentially
In essence
Certainly
(Un)doubtedly
No doubt

§ Emphasis

Indeed
Truly
Whatsoever
To say the least
Of course
Remarkably


§ Suggestion

For this purpose
To this end
Honestly
Frankly
To be honest
To tell the truth

§ Asserting a point

Needless to say
It goes without saying
As you can imagine
As a matter of fact
Undoubtedly


§ Introducing a subject

You might define.... as....
Broadly (generally) speaking
It is well known that
It is an accepted fact that

§ Introducing an aspect

... but when it comes to (verb -ing)...
As far as... (be) concerned...
As regards
With reference to
With regard to
Concerning

§ Similarity

Similarly
Likewise
In like manners
Equally important
In the same way

§ Comparison

... than...
as... as
as well as
not as / so .... as
the (lower)… the (better)

§ Time

After
Before
As soon as
Hardly... when
No sooner... than
Since, for, till, until, when
Whenever
Suddenly

§ Miscellaneous

By the way
You never know
At least
Rather than
On the grounds that
To me / if you ask me
..., if I may say so, ...
For all I know,...


§ Discourse Markers

Anyway
At least
Naturally
Still
Obviously
Actually
Apparently
All in all, though
By the way
No doubt
No wonder
So to speak
Guess what?
Mind you
Admittedly
To tell you the truth
I mean
Quite honestly
As a matter of fact
As I was saying
Of course
No way
Let alone