Show Cause

1.       Due to

2.       Because

3.       Because of

4.       Owing to

Showing effect

1.       Therefore,

2.       As a result

3.       Consequently

4.       For this reason

5.       Thus

6.       So

7.       Thereby

8.       Eventually,

9.       Hence,

10.   The reason why

Stating your opinion

1.       In my opinion

2.       According to me

3.       In my view

4.       To me

5.       From my point of view

6.       I think

7.       It seems to me that

8.       I believe

9.       It appears that

10.   I suppose

11.   I realize

12.   I understand

13.   I imagine

14.   I feel

Generalizing

1.       Generally,

2.       Generally speaking,

3.       Overall

4.       On the whole

5.       In general

6.       By and large

7.       It seems to me that

8.       I believe

9.       All in all

10.   Basically

11.   Essentially

12.   As a rule

13.   All things considered

14.   For the most part

Contrast

1.       However

2.       But

3.       On the contrary

4.       On the other hand

5.       Differ from

6.       Nevertheless

7.       Although

8.       Though

9.       Otherwise

10.   Instead

11.   Alternatively

12.   Even though

13.   Rather than

14.   While

15.   Though

16.   Whereas

 

 

Expressing Certainty

1.       Certainly

2.       Undoubtedly

3.       Doubtless

4.       No doubt

5.       Definitely

6.       Of course

Expressing Partial Agreement

1.       More or less

2.       To some extent

3.       Up to a point

4.       Almost

5.       In a way

6.       So to speak

Comparing

1.       Similar to

2.       As…as

3.       In common

4.       Also

5.       Either… or

6.       In the same way

7.       Neither … nor

8.       At the same time

9.       Just as

10.   Resemble

Adding Information

1.       Furthermore

2.       In addition

3.       Also

4.       And

5.       Moreover

6.       Similarly

7.       Likewise

8.       As well as

9.       Besides

10.   Too

11.   Even

12.   What’s more

Expressing condition

1.       If

2.       Whether

3.       In case

4.       Unless

5.       Provided that

6.       So that

7.       Even if

 

Marking time

1.       First

2.       Last

3.       Second

4.       Third,

5.       Firstly

6.       Secondly

7.       Thirdly

8.       During

9.       To begin with

10.   Simultaneously

11.   Since

12.   Afterwards

13.   When

14.   Last

15.   Lastly

16.   Then

17.   First of all

18.   Before

19.   After

20.   While

21.   At the same time

22.   After this/that

23.   Meanwhile

24.   Following this

25.   As soon as

 

Giving example

1.       For example

2.       For instance

3.       Such as

4.       In other words

5.       As

6.       Like

7.       That is

8.       Namely

9.       To illustrate

10.   To paraphrase

Concluding

1.       To summarize

2.       To conclusion

3.       Lastly

4.       Finally

5.       To conclude with

6.       In short

Time

1.       After

2.       When

3.       As

4.       Since

5.       Until

6.       While

7.       Once