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followed by followed by Followed by Relates to previous

Contrast phrase Noun infinitive sentence
But regardless of However,
even though Despite Even so,
Although In spite of Nevertheless,
Despite the fact that Nonetheless,
In spite of the fact that Despite that/this,
Though In spite of that/this,
and even so / yet On the contrary,
while On the other hand,
whereas In contrast,

Reason because because of The reason for this is that

since due to That/this is because (of)
as as a result of That/this is due to
due to the fact that owing to That/this is due to the fact that
owing to the fact that on account of
the reason being that given
given that

Consequence otherwise resulting in as a result of this

So causing If not / If so
therefore which results in In that case,
and as a result As a result of that/this,
then Because of that/this,
and that's/this is why Due that/this,
and as a consequence As a consequence of that/this,
and consequently Consequently,Thus, Hence
and that's why That's why
then in that case If this happens,
so * If that/this is the case,
In that case,

Purpose so that with the aim of (ING) (not)to With that/this in mind,
so * in order (not)to To that/this end,
so as (not) to With this/that in mind,
in an attempt (not) to

Condition If
unless
as long as
provided
even if
On the condition that

Additional info and in addition to What's more,

and also as well as Apart from that/this,
and …….. too. Additionally,
and what's more Furthermore,
along with Moreover,
Not only…….,but also…… But that wasn't/isn't all,
too (end of sentence) Not only that/this, but also…..
Also,
In addition to that/this,
As well as that/this,

Examples like Examples of this are….

such as An example of this is……
…………….., for example
For example,
For instance,

Comparison As if / As though Unlike Similarly,

like In a similar way,