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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