I am sure that you have had problems with these sorts of words, but are they?
Linking words help you to connect ideas and sentences when you speak or write English. We can use linking words to give examples, add information, summarise, sequence information, give a reason or result, or to contrast ideas.
There are a bunch of words that you can use to improve the way you write.
In this part of the blog, you will find the most common linking words that will help you to improve your written texts.
Adding information
And
In addition
As well as
Also
Too
Furthermore
Moreover
Apart from
In addition to
Besides
Summarising
In short
In brief
In summary
To summarise
In a nutshell
To conclude
In conclusion
Sequencing ideas
The former, … the latter
Firstly, secondly, finally
The first point is
Lastly
The following
Giving a reason
Due to / due to the fact that
Owing to / owing to the fact that
Because
Because of
Since
As
Giving a result
Therefore
So
Consequently
This means that
As a result
Contrasting ideas
But
However
Although / even though
Despite / despite the fact that
In spite of / in spite of the fact that
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
While
Whereas
Unlike
In theory… in practice…
Information retrieved from english-at-home.com
Picture retrieved from; englishgrammarhere.com
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