Linking Words

Linking Words - Agreement / Addition /Similarity

Word or phrase	Sentence
In the first place
Not only ….. but also
As a matter of fact
In like manner
In addition
Coupled with
In the same fashion/way
First, second, third
In the light of
Not to mention
To say nothing of
Equally important
By the same token
again
also
and
then
equally
identically
uniquely
like
as
too
moreover
As well as
Together with
Of course
likewise
comparatively
correspondingly
similarly
furthermore
additionally

Linking Words - Examples / support / emphasis

Word / phrase	Sentence
In other words
To put it differently
For one thing
As an illustration
In this case
For this reason
To put it another way
That is to say
With attention to
By all means
Important to realize
Another key point
First thing to remember
Most compelling advice
Must be remembered
Point often overlooked
On the negative side
On the positive side
notably
including
like
To be sure
namely
chiefly
truly
indeed
certainly
surely
markedly
especially
specifically
expressively
surprisingly
frequently
significantly
In fact
In general
In particular
In detail
To demonstrate
To emphasize
To repeat
To clarify
To explain
To enumerate
Such as
For example
For instance
To point out
With this in mind

Linking Words - Effect / Result / Consequence

Word / phrase	Sentence
As a result
Under those circumstances
In that case
For this reason
henceforth
for
thus
Because the
then
hence
consequently
therefore
thereupon
forthwith
accordingly

Linking Words - opposition / limitation / contradiction

Opposition / Limitation / Contradiction

Word / phrase	Sentence
Although this may be true
In contrast
Different from
Of course ….., but
On the other hand
On the contrary
At the same time
In spite of
Even so / though
Be that as it may
Then again
Above all
In reality
After all
but
(and) still
unlike
or
(and) yet
while
albeit
besides
As much as
Even though
although
instead
whereas
despite
conversely
otherwise
however
rather
nevertheless
nonetheless
regardless
notwithstanding

Linking Words - cause / condition / purpose

Word / phrase	Sentence
In the event that
Granted (that)
As / as long as
On (the) condition (that)
For the purpose of
With this intention
With this in mind
In the hope that
To the end that
For fear that
In order to
Seeing / being that
In view of
If … then
unless
when
whenever
since
while
Because of
as
since
while
lest
In case
Provided that
Given that
Only / even if
So that
So as to
Owing to
Due to
In as much as

Linking Words - Space / Location / Place

Word / phrase	Sentence
In the middle
To the left/right
In front of
On this side
In the distance
Here and there
In the foreground
In the background
In the centre of
Adjacent to
Opposite to
here
there
next
where
from
over
near
above
below
down
up
under
between
further
beyond
nearby
wherever
around
before
alongside
amid
among
beneath
beside
behind
across

Linking Words - Time / Chronology / Sequence

Word / phrase	Sentence
At the present time
From time to time
Sooner or later
At the same time
Up to the present time
To begin with
In due time
Untill now
As soon as
As long as
In the meantime
In a moment
Without delay
In the first place
All of a sudden
At this instant
immediately
quickly
finally

Linking Words - Conclusion / Summary / Restatement

Word / phrase	Sentence
As can be seen
Generally speaking
In the final analysis
All things considered
As shown above
In the long run
Given these points
As has been noted
In a word
For the most part
After all
In fact
In summary
In a nutshell
In conclusion
To conclude
In short
In brief
In essence
To summarize
On balance
altogether
overall
ordinarily
usually
By and large
To sum up
On the whole
In any event
In either case
All in all

Linking Words - comparison

Word / phrase (for comparison)	Sentence
than
Rather than
whether
As much as
whereas

Linking Words - concession

Word / phrase (for concession)	Sentence
though
although
Even though
while

Linking Words - manner

Word / phrase (for manner)	Sentence
how
As though
As if

Linking Words - condition

Word / phrase (for condition)	Sentence
if
only if
unless
untill
provided that
assuming that
even if
in case (that)
lest

Linking Words - relative pronoun

Word / phrase (for relative pronoun)	Sentence
that
what
whatever
which
whichever

Linking Words - Place

Word / phrase (for place)	Sentence
where
wherever

Linking Words - reason

Word / phrase (for reason)	Sentence
because
since
So that
In order (that)
why

Linking Words - time

Word / phrase (for time)	Sentence
after
As long as
As soon as
before
By the time
Now that
once
since
till
untill
when
whenever
while

Linking Words - Coorelative

Words/Phrases for coordinating

Word / phrase (correlative)	Sentence
As …. as
Just as …… so
Both …… and
Hardly ……. when
Scarcely ….. when
Either …… or
Neither ….. nor
If …… then
Not ….. but
What with …… and
Whether ….. or
Not only …… but also
No sooner ….. than
Rather ….. than

Word / phrase (for coordinating)	Sentence
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so

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