CONNECTORS
COORDINATING
TRANSITION
SUBORDINATING
They come at the beginning of subordinate (dependent) clauses
Connect ideas between sentences or larger sections of text.
Join two independent clauses.
⚠ Comma before
Conjunctions
⚠ nor = -
Helena doesn’t remember names consistently, nor does she remember passwords
⚠ Comma (sentence)
Because I often forget things,I write everything down.
CONDITION: Or
CONTRAST: But, Or , Yet
ADDITION: And, Nor, Or
REASON: For
RESULT: So
Conjunctions
REASON: As, Because, Since
CONTRAST: Althought, Thought, Even thought, Whreas, While
TIME: After, Before, When, While
CONDITION: If, Even if, Only if, Unless
Conjunctions of sentence
CONDITION: Otherwise
CONTRAST: However, Nevertheless, Nonetheless, Nevertheless, On the contrary, On the other hand, In contrast, In spite of/ despite that, Instead, Still, Though
ADDITION: Besides, Furthermore, Indeed, In addtion, Moreover, Additionally, Also, Likewise, In fact, Plus
RESULT: Consequently, Otherwise, Therefore, Thus, Accordingly, As a result, Because of that, On account of this
TIME: Afterwards, Meanwhile, After that, In the meantime, Next, Next, Then
⚠ At the beginning of a sentence, a transition is preceded by ;
I can remember people’s names easily; however, I can’t usually remember their phone numbers.
⚠ Though is a transition ONLY in the end
Connect blocks of text
GIVE EXAMPLES: For example, For instance, To name/Mention a few
SUMMARIZE: All in all, To summarize, In summary, In sum, Overall
list ideas in order of TIME OR IMPORTANCE: Finally, First(of all), Most importantly,Next, Second, Third
ADD A CONCLUSION: To conclude, In conclusion
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