Stating Your Opinion
In my opinion, According to me, In my view, To me,
From my point of I think It appears that I suppose
view,
It seems to me that I believe I realize I understand
From my To my way of I imagine I feel
perspective thinking
Giving Examples
For example, For instance, To illustrate To paraphrase
such as In other words, that is namely
as like
Some English words represent proper names. For instance / For example, the word sandwich
originated with the earl of Sandwich
Some English words represent proper names. The word sandwich, for instance / for example,
originated with the earl of Sandwich
Words like / such as sparrow and swallow are bird names.
Such words as sparrow and swallow are bird names.
Some words represent bird names. Sparrow is such a word
Some words represent bird names. Sparrow and swallow are such words
Comparing
Similar to As...as Neither...nor At the same time
in common also Just as resemble
Either...or In the same way,
Contrasting
However, Otherwise But Instead
On the contrary, Alternatively, On the other hand, Even though
Differ from Although Nevertheless Though
Generalizing
Generally, Generally All in all, Basically,
speaking,
Overall, On the whole, Essentially, As a rule,
In general, By and large, All things For the most part
considered
It seems to me that I believe
Expressing Certainty
Certainly, Undoubtedly, Definitely, Of course,
Doubtless, No doubt,
Expressing Partial Agreement
More or less, To some extent, In a way, So to speak,
Up to a point, Almost,
Common connective words indicating:
Addition Sequence Consequence Contrast
in addition first(ly) as a result however
and similarly initially thus on the other hand
likewise second(ly) etc. so despite
as well as to begin with therefore in spite of
besides then consequently though
furthermore next it follows that although
also earlier/later thereby but
moreover after this/that eventually on the contrary
and then following this/that then otherwise
too afterwards in that case yet
not only ... but also admittedly instead of
even rather
besides this/that whereas
nonetheless
even though
compared with
in contrast
alternatively
Certainty Condition Definition Summary
if in conclusion,
unless is in summary,
obviously
whether refers to lastly,
certainly
provided that means finally
plainly
for that is to sum up,
of course
so that consists of to conclude
undoubtedly
whether to recapitulate,
depending on in short
Example Reason Time
before
for instance since
since
one example as so
as
for example because (of)
until
just as due to
meanwhile
in particular owing to
at the moment
such as the reason why
when
namely in other words
whenever
to illustrate leads to
as soon as
cause
just as
