Conjunctions, linkers, phrases

Your personal opinion

Strangely enough, surprisingly enough, naturally, it is only natural that..., it goes without
saying that…, it can be taken for granted that…, it is a matter of fact…, strictly speaking, as
far as …is concerned…, in my opinion…, in my view…, it is right upto a point…,as for
me…, to my mind, if you ask me…, actually, in fact…, another way of lookig at the matter
is…, personally, I feel…, the way I see it…, I am convinced that…, in all probability/
likelihood, allegedly, so to speak, as it were, I suppose, I assume…, I daresay…

Giving evidence
As proof/ evidence we can refer to…, to back up my position I would like to refer to…,
according to…, bearing in mind that…, to quote an expression from…, what is implied
here…, it says in the text…, this shows clearly…

Listing arguments
Firstly…, secondly…, last but not least…,above all, what is more…, for one thing…for
another…, besides, apart from that, moreover, in addition,

Clarifying statements
That is to say…, in other words, to put it in another way, to put it in a nutshell…,what I mean
to say is…,namely, in particular,

Concession
In principle…but…, …though, while, whereas, it is certainly true that…but at the same
time…, admittedly, although…

Contrasting statements
On the one hand…on the other hand…, on the contrary, other than…, unlike…,in contrast
with... , however, ..., still, ..., yet, ...

Conj./ linkers
equally, likewise, alternatively, in this respect, in respect of…, with regard to…,after all, for
some reason or other…, in general, by and large, on the whole, all in all, it is …rather than…,
regardless of, in spite of, despite, as…, since…,…for, on account of, due to…, either… or ,
neither…nor, in order to, unless, whether,
Yet, however, anyway, nevertheless, all the same, still
Thus, hence, consequently, that is why, therefore,
as well (as), apart from that, such as…,so (that),