Conjunctions and Other Connective Devices

Opposition Reinforcing/in Explaining/ Cause and effect Time

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• however • besides • for example • therefore • Prior (at the beginning)
• nevertheless • anyway • in other words • consequently at first
before
• on the other hand • after all • for instance • as a result in the beginning
• but • many people believe this • first of all • thanks to this until then
is an important issue up to that time
• instead • finally • because of this
because firstly
• in contrast • in conclusion • this causes
• one reason is • Following (afterwards)
• looking at it another way • after much thought • so just then
• furthermore
• although • the main reason for this • the reason that next
• also in due course
• the main reasons against • in the end we decided • this results in
• moreover in the end
• some people do not believe • I believe that • when after that
• in addition
• for instance later
• a further point finally
• the evidence for
• claim that eventually
this suggests
a month later
• disagree
• Parallel (at the same time)
• whereas in the mean time
• as long as simultaneously
concurrently
meanwhile
but... and... so... because... then...