UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Instituto de Letras  Curso de Graduação em Letras

Departamento de Línguas Modernas  Setor de Língua Inglesa
Prof. Dr. Reiner Perozzo

CONNECTORS IN ENGLISH

Meaning Sentence connectors Subordinate connectors Phrase linkers

Therefore
As a result
Consequently because of
because
As a consequence as a result of
since
Cause and effect Hence due to
as
Thus leading to
thereby
Conclusively owning to
In conclusion
Inevitably
Likewise
like
Comparison Similarly as
similar to
In the same way
However
Nevertheless
Yet although
Still albeit despite
On the contrary even though despite of
Contrast in expectation
Unfortunately though in spite of
Originally despite the fact but
Surprisingly but
Ideally
Apparently
On the other hand
while
Contrast in comparison In contrast unlike
whereas
Conversely
Contrast in action Instead instead of
In fact
Indeed
As a matter of fact
That is
Emphasis
Essentially
Interestingly
Fortunately
Inevitably
Primarily
Main reason
Most important
Typically
Usually
Traditionally in accordance with
Confirmation
Normally in consonance with
Naturally
Clearly
 In other words
That is
Clarification summing up
To sum up
In summary
In general
Generally
Generalization
In a broader context
In a broader perspective
In particular
Specialization Particularly
Specifically
Moreover
Besides
in addition to
Additional information Additionally with
besides
In addition
Furthermore
In this context
In this connection
Continuation of
In this respect with
explanation
In this perspective
Here
if
provided that
In that case when
Otherwise while
Condition
Now until
Given as long as
now that
once that
Regardless regardless of
Without condition even though
Despite despite of
For example
exemplified by
For instance
illustrated by like
Example As shown by
shown by such as
As exemplified by
be it
As illustrated by
First, second...
Then
Next
before before
Ordering Now
after after
Continuing
Further
Finally
Regarding
For
Reintroduction In connection with
Focusing on
With respect to

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