LINKING WORDS
OPINION
In my opinion,
In my view,
Personally,
As far as I’m/ I am concerned,
CONTRAST
However,
Nevertheless,
On the one hand/other hand,
Although/though,
In spite of +ing/ In spite of the fact that/ despite + ing/ despite the fact that,
TO EXPRESS FACTS
As a matter of fact,
In fact,
Actually,
TO ADD INFORMATION
Apart from this/that
Moreover/In addition
What’s more
On top of that
Besides
Not to mention
TO GIVE EXAMPLES
For example
For instance
such as
like
TO EXPRESS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE
Because of this/that
For this/that reason
That’s way
Therefore
As a result
As a consequence
Consequently
So
TO EXPRESS SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY
That is (to say)
In other words
I mean
TO MODIFY WHAT IS BEING SAID
To a certain extent
More or less
At least
Basically
Especially
OPINION
In my opinion,
In my view,
Personally,
As far as I’m/ I am concerned,
CONTRAST
However,
Nevertheless,
On the one hand/other hand,
Although/though,
In spite of +ing/ In spite of the fact that/ despite + ing/ despite the fact that,
TO EXPRESS FACTS
As a matter of fact,
In fact,
Actually,
TO ADD INFORMATION
Apart from this/that
Moreover/In addition
What’s more
On top of that
Besides
Not to mention
TO GIVE EXAMPLES
For example
For instance
such as
like
TO EXPRESS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE
Because of this/that
For this/that reason
That’s way
Therefore
As a result
As a consequence
Consequently
So
TO EXPRESS SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY
That is (to say)
In other words
I mean
TO MODIFY WHAT IS BEING SAID
To a certain extent
More or less
At least
Basically
Especially
