Linking Words

Personal Opinión

• In my opinion
• In my view
• To my way of thinking
• I'm convinced that
• It's strikes me that
• It is my firm belief that
• I'm inclined to believe that
• It seem to me that
• (Personally) I believe that
• I feel very strongly that
• As far as I'm concerned
• I think that

 

To list advantages (and disadvantages)

• The first advantage of
• One advantage of
• One other advantage of / Another advantage of
• A further advantage of
• The main advantage of
• The greatest advantage of

 

To make general and partially correct statement

• As a general rule
• By and large
• Generally
• In general
• On the whole
• Up to a point
• To a certain extent
• To a certain degree
• To some extent
• To some degree
• In a sense
• In a way
• To a limited extent
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To list points

• First of all
• Firstly
• In the first place
• To start with
• To begin with
• Secondly, After this/that, Afterwards, Then, Next
• Thirdly
• Finally, Lastly, Last but not least

 

To add more points to the same topic

• What is more
• Furthermore
• Apart fro this/that
• In addition to this
• Moreover
• Besides this
• ....not to mention the fact that
• No only (inversion).....but it is also
• ...both....and...

 

To emphasise a point

• Indeed
• Naturally
• Clearly
• Obviously
• Of course
• Needless to say

 

To express reality

• It is a fact that
• In effect
• In fact
• As a matter of fact
• The fact of the matter is that
• Actually
• In practice
• Indeed

 

To refer to other sources

• With reference to
• According to

 

To give examples

• For instance
• For example

 

To express limit of knowledge

To the best of my knowledge

As far as I know

 

 

To state other people's opinion

• It is popularly believed that
• People often claim that
• It is often alleged that
• Some people argue that
• Many argue that
• Most people feel that
• Some people point out that

 

To express balance (the other side of the argument)

• Opponents of....argue/believe that
• While it is true to say that....in fact....
• The fact that.....contradicts the belief/idea that

 

 

Negative addition

• Neither...nor
• ...nor/neither...
• ...either

 

 To express exception

• Apart from
• But
• Except for

 

To clarify / Rephrase

• In other words
• That is to say
• To put it in other way

 

To express similarity

• Similarly
• Likewise
• In the same way

 

To give an alternative

• Either...or
• On the other hand
• Alternatively

 

To conclude

• Finally
• Lastly
• All in all
• Taking everything into account
• Taking everything into consideration
• On the whole
• All things considered
• In conclusion
• On balance
• For the above mentioned reasons
• Therefore I feel that
• To sum up

 

Summarising

• In short
• Briefly
• To put it briefly

 

 

 

 

Transition words connect ideas    

Words showing addition of one point to another

additionally, afterward(s), again, along with, also, and, another, as previously stated, as stated earlier, as well, at last, at length, at the same time, besides, embracing, encompassing, equally important, eventually, extending, finally, first, for example, for instance, furthermore, in addition, in closing, including, in conclusion, in fact, initially, lastly, later, likewise, meanwhile, moreover, next, other, overall, presently, second, similarly, since, soon, subsequently, supplementing, then, therefore, thus, to begin with, too, while

Words showing cause and effect

accordingly, and so, as a result, because, consequently, due to this, for, hence, if…then, in view of, owing to, seeing that, since, so, thanks to, then, therefore, thus, under the circumstances

Words acknowledging another point or argument

admittedly, albeit, although, and yet, apart from, aside from, at any rate, at least, but even so, despite (this), even though, except for, granted that, however, in any case, in spite of, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, of course, other than, regardless, still, though, while it may be true, yet

Words introducing a conclusion or summary

accordingly, all in all, as a final point, as a result, as noted, because, briefly, consequently, eventually, finally, first, given these points, immediately, in brief, in conclusion, in short, in summary, in the end, last, lastly, later, meanwhile, next, on the whole, presently, previously, since, soon, subsequently, then, therefore, thus, to put it briefly, to summarize, to sum up, while

Words introducing a condition to what was said before

as long as, even if, even though, given that, granted that, granting that, if, in case, in the event that, only if, on the condition that, provided that, providing that, so long as, unless

Words showing a result

accordingly, as a consequence, as a result, because, consequently, due to, for this reason, hence, if not, in other words, in that case, otherwise, owing to, since, so, so that, that being the case, that is, that is to say, then, therefore, through, thus, under the circumstances, with the result that

Words showing a difference between ideas

although, but, contrarily, conversely, despite (this), even though, however, in contrast, in spite of, instead, moreover, nevertheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, on the other hand, or, otherwise, rather, still, unlike, whereas, while this may be true, yet

Words expressing emphasis

above all, again, also, besides, certainly, chiefly, equally important, even more, for this reason, furthermore, in addition, indeed, in fact, in truth, more important, of course, really, surely, to repeat, truly

Words introducing examples or details

as a case in point, as an illustration, by way of example, by way of illustration, for example, for instance, in other words, in particular, namely, specifically, such as, that is, that is to say, thus, to illustrate

Words introducing a personal opinion

as far as I am concerned, as for me, as I see it, from my point of view, from where I stand, I believe, I consider, I feel, in my opinion, in my view, I question whether, I think, it is my belief, it seems to me that, let me say personally, that/this is my viewpoint

Words introducing a sequence

after, afterward(s), at first, at last, at length, at the same time, before, earlier, eventually, finally, following, initially, later, meanwhile, next, now, once, originally, presently, shortly, soon, subsequent, then, while

Words showing similarity between ideas

again, also, and, as, as a matter of fact, as well, besides, for example, for instance, furthermore, in addition, indeed, in other words, in particular, in the same way, like, likewise, namely, particularly, similarly, specifically, that is, that is to say, while

Words showing relations in time

about, after, afterward(s), another, as soon as, at, at last, at length, at the same time, before, concurrently, during, eventually, finally, first, formerly, generally, immediately, in the interim, in the meantime, last, later, meanwhile, never, next, next week, now, once, ordinarily, presently, previously, rarely, second, shortly, simultaneously, soon, subsequently, then, third, to begin with, today, tomorrow, until, usually, when suddenly, while, yesterday