viernes, 15 de marzo de 2019

LINKERS

Contrast

.     In spite of / Despite Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. 
.     Although / (Even) though Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a sentence. 
.     However / Nevertheless / Still / Yet / Even so / On the contrary / In contrast. Introduce a new idea which marks a contrast with previously stated ideas. Introduced by a comma. 
.     On the one hand ... On the other hand. Links two contrasting ideas / paragraphs. 
.     In contrast to / Contrary to. Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. 
.     Whereas Link two contrasting ideas. Not separated by commas. 

Reason and cause

.     Because / As / Since / Seeing that Introduce a sentence. Subordinate sentences introduced by because always appear in final position. 
.     Because of / On account of / Owing to / Due to. Introduce a noun phrase. 

Purpose
.     In order to So as to Introduce an infinitive of purpose.
.     In order that / So that Introduce a sentence. 

Consequence

    . Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / Therefore   
    . As a consequence of / As a result of Followed by a noun phrase. 
.     So Introduces a sentence. No commas.   

Addition

    . Moreover / Furthermore / In addition / Besides What's more Used after a strong pause and separated from the sentences. They are introduced by a comma. 
    . As well as / In addition to / Besides Used to add  one more piece of information. Followed by a noun phrase. 

Exemplification

      For example / For instance Introduces an example referring to previously stated ideas. 
.     Such as Introduces an example referring to the last idea.

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