linking words and phrases 2011

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Linking words and

phrases:


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To introduce your first point: To begin with,

First,/First of all, In the first place,

To start with,

The first thing to take into account is


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To introduce a further point:

Secondly,

What is more,/ Moreover,

In addition to this,

Another point to be made is that

Furthermore,/ Besides

Not to mention the fact that Apart from this/that


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To express cause:

The government

decided not to fund the

scheme because,/owingto the (fact that)/on the

grounds that/since/due

to the fact that itseemed likely to fail.


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In view of/Becauseof/Owing to the

schemes high chances

of failure,

For this reason/

Seeing that


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To express effect:

He passed his exams;

thus,/therefore,/so/

consequently,/as aresult,/as a

consequence,/for this

reason, he was able to goto university.


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To express purpose:

The government decided not to introduce

the death penalty for fear(that)/ so that

The government decided not to introduce

the death penalty so as to/in order to

avoid

The government decided not to introducethe death penalty in case it resulted in the

death of innocent people.


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To refer to other sources:

With reference toAccording to

the article in yesterdays

Guardian, the unemployment rate

is falling in Britain.


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To emphasise what you say:

Clearly,

Obviously,Of course,

Needless to say,

if everyone were allowed to carry agun, the crime rate would riseconsiderably.


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To express reality:

It is a fact that/In effect,/As amatter of fact,/Indeed,/To tell the

truth,/Actually,/In practice,

a crash helmet would be quiteuseless in the event of a serious

motorcycle accident.


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To give examples:

For instance,/For example,such as/like

You should reduce your intake of

meat, particularly/ in

particular,/especially red meat.


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To state other peoples opinion:

Its popularly believed that

People often claim that

Some people argue that

A lot people believe that

Contrary to popular belief,


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To make contrasting points:

It is a known fact that smoking causes cancer,

yet/however,/nevertheless,/still, /even

so, millions of people continue to smoke.Although,/even though,/regardless

the fact that/In spite of the fact

that,/Despite the fact that/While it is aknown fact that smoking causes cancer, millionsof people continue to smoke.


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