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TO  On the one hand …on TO GIVE REFERENCE

START the other hand,  As regards…


At first  Otherwise  Regarding…
At the beginning  Whereas  With reference to…
First (of all)  While  With regard to…
Firstly
In the beginning TO GIVE EXAMPLES
In the first place, For example TO CLARIFY
To begin with For instance  I mean (that)
Such as  That is to say,
TO CONTINUE /  In other words..
ENUMERATE TO ADD
After INFORMATION TO AGREE / DISAGREE
After that / afterwards …too  I agree with/to
Before Also…  I don’t agree with/to
Immediately As well  I disagree with/to
Later Besides…  I’m in favour of
Next Both…..and… ..
Secondly, Furthermore TO EXPRESS CAUSE
Then In addition to... AND RESULT
Thirdly, Moreover…  As / since
Not only…….but  As a result,
TO FINISH / CONCLUDE also............  Because
All in all What is more  Consequently,
At the end  Due to / owing to /
Finally TO GENERALIZE because of
In conclusion Basically…  For this reason,
In short, Basically…  Not enough…for/to
In the end Generally speaking…  So / therefore,
Lastly, Generally speaking…  This is why,
On the whole Generally…  Too…for/to
Summing up Generally…
To sum up In general… TO SHOW SIMILARITY
In general…  In a similar manner
TO CONTRAST IDEAS In many ways…  In the same way
…, though On the whole…  Like
Although On the whole…  Likewise
But  Similarly
Despite TO EXPRESS TO CHANGE SUBJECT
Despite the fact that OPINION  Anyway,
Either ……or As far as I am  By the way,
Even if concerned....... OTHER WAYS TO SAY
Even though Frankly,… ADVANTAGES OR
However, Honestly, DISADVANTAGES
In contrast, I feel…  Pros and cons
In spite of I think…  Reasons for and
In spite of the fact that In my view against
Neither…….nor In my opinion…  Benefits /adv. and
Nevertheless, It seems to me that… drawbacks
 On the contrary,  Personally, I  Supporting
think… arguments and
opposing
arguments

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