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To Begin and proceed

Firstly,
to begin with,
to start with,
Primarily,
Initially (if referring to a list of events, like in a journal)
Secondly,
Besides something…,
Another reason/factor/problem
Along with the above issues, another point to consider is the issue of …
Secondly
To begin/start with
In the first/second place
Primarily

First and foremost


First and most importantly
Another
Then
After
Next
Afterwards
Third ( ly )
Finally
Ultimately

ADDITION/Listing

Firstly, secondly, thirdly,…


At First
To begin with
At the beginning of
On top of this
During the
Not only…but also (not for summary)
After the
In the first place
By
In the
Initially
Before

In addition, / additionally/in addition to this


Furthermore,…
Also

Moreover,…

Another reason might be…


One other aspect is/was
It is also true that…

What’s more,…
Primarily
Importantly

CONTRAST

However,…

On the other hand


Alternatively
In contrast

Instead
Although
As for
while

On the contrary
In fact
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
Rather
In comparison
Another possibility
Yet
still

But
Better/worse still
Despite this/despite the fact that
Whereas
While it is true that
On the other hand,…
Differing from this,…
From an alternative perspective,…
Conversely,…
In spite of this,…

COMPARISON

Compared with
In comparison with
Likewise,…

In a like manner,…

Similarly,…
In the same way,…
Equally,…
Similar to this,…
Also
To extend a point

Furthermore
Indeed
In the same way
Besides
Above all
As well
In addition
In other words
Namely
As follows
 Typical of this
A typical/particular/key example
 Including
Especially
Not least
In particular
Notably
Chiefly
Mainly
Most importantly
 A good illustration of this is
It is interesting to note
For example,…
To illustrate this,…
For instance,…
To demonstrate this,…
Take the case of,…
Such as,…

Equally
Consider the case/example of…

ILLUSTRATION

That is
That is to say
A good illustration of this is
It is interesting to note
For example,…
To illustrate this,…
For instance,…
To demonstrate this,…
Take the case of,…
Such as,…
Consider the case/example of…
Typical of this
A typical/particular/key example
Including
Especially
Not least
In particular
In other words
Namely
Such as
As follows

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Therefore,…
Consequently,…
Thus,…
This means that
Due to the fact that
This caused

As a result,…

This has the effect of…

For this reason/these reasons…


So
accordingly
Hence

Then
Consequence

Resulting from/in consequence of this


 
In this/that case
Consequently
Because of this/that
 
For this reason
Owing to/due to the fact
This demonstrates  
 
Ending
In this way
It follows that 
This suggests that
Accepting/assuming this

This implies

In short 
In all
In brief
In summary
[Other types of writing, not summary]
To conclude
In conclusion 
It can be concluded from this
To sum up
Overall
On the whole
In short
In brief
So
To round off
Therefore

Others
Interestingly
Surprisingly
Usually
Sadly
Fortunately, Unfortunately
Honestly

Giving additional information

In other words
That is
To put it more simply

Changing topic

Turning to
As regards
With regards to
As far as…is concerned
Moving on to
By contrast

Emphasizing

Mainly
Mostly
Usually
Unfortunately
Most often

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