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CONNECTORS

POSITIVE ACTION
AND, BOTH...AND, NOT ONLY...(BUT ALSO7AS WELL), TOO, MOREOVER, IN
ADDITION TO, FURTHERMORE, FURTHER, ALSO, NOT TOMENTION THE FACT THAT,
BESIDES.
HE WAS RICH AND GOODLOOKING
NEGATIVE ACTION
NEITHER...NOR, NOR , NEITHER ,EITHER
NEITHER MARY NOR STEVEN SPEAKS SPANISH
CONTRAST
BUT, NOT...BUT, ALTHOUGH, WHILE, WHEREAS, DESPITE, EVEN IF, EVEN
THOUGH, ON THE OTHER HAND, IN CONTRAST, HOWEVER, 8AND YET), AT THE SAME
TIME
I CAN'T COOK,WHEREAS MY HUSBAND CAN
NICK DOESN'T LIKE POP MUSIC, BUT HE LOVES OPERA
SIMILARITY
SIMILARLY, LIKEWISE, IN THE SAME, EQUALLY
CYCLIST SHOULD WEAR HELMETS, SIMILARLY, HORSE RIDERS SHOULD ,TOO.
CONCESSION
BUT, EVEN SO, HOWEVER, (AND) STILL, (AND) YET, NEVERTHELESS, ON THE
OTHER HAND, ALTHOUGH, EVEN THOUGH, DEPITE/IN SPITE OF, REGARDLESS OF,
ADMITTEDELY, CONSIDERING, WHEREAS, WHILE, NONETHELESS.
LONDON IS A VERY NOISY CITY BUT STILL I LIKE IT.
LONDON IS A VERY NOISY CITY AND YET STILL I LIKE IT.
ALTERNATIVE
OR, ON THE OTHER HAND, EITHER...OR,ALTERNATIVE
WE COULD EITHER GO TO A RESTAURANT OR GET A TAKE AWAY.
EMPHASIS
BESIDES, NOT ONLY THISBUT...ALSO, AS WELL, WHAT IS MORE, IN FACT, AS A
MATTER OF FACT, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, ACTUALLY, INDEED, LET ALONE, NOT
ONLY THAT.
SHE NEVER EVEN MADE THE BED, LET ALONE CLEANED THE HOUSE.
EXEMPLIFICATION
SUCH AS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR INSTANCE, PARTICULARLY, ESPECIALLY, IN
PARTICULAR
I ENJOYED ALL CHARLOTTE'S BOOKS, ESPECIALLY PIRULI.
CLARIFICATION
THAT IS TO SAY, SPECIFICALLY, IN OTEHR WORDS, TO PUT IN ANOTHER WAY, I
MEAN
FIONA FINDS LEARNING FRENCH VERY DIFFICULT, SPECIFICALLY, REMEMBERING
THE GRAMMAR RULES.
CAUSE/REASON
1

AS, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF, SINCE, ON THE GROUNDS THAT, SEEING THAT, DUE
TO, IN VIEW OF, OWING TO, FOR, NOW THAT, SO
THE FACTORY WORKERS ASKED FOR A PAY RISE ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE COST
OF LIVING HAD RISEN.
MANNER
AS, (IN) THE WAY, HOW, THE WAY IN WICH , (IN)THE SAME WAY) ( AS) , AS
IF, AS THOUGH
HE BEHAVES AS IF HE OWNED THE PLACE, BUT HE'S ONLY A WAITER
CONDITION
IF, IN CASE, ASSUMING (THAT), ON CONDITION (THAT), PROVIDED (THAT),
PROVIDING(THAT), UNLESS, IN THE EVENT ( THAT), IN THE EVENT OF, AS/SO
LONG AS, WETHER, WETHER......OR (ALTERNATIVE CONDITION), ONLY IF, EVEN
IF, OTHERWISE, OR (ELSE),IN CASE OF
ALLEN TOLD THE CHILDREN THEY COULD STAY UP LATE PROVIDED THAT/IF THEY
DIDN'T WATCH TOO MUCH TV
CONSEQUENCE OF A CONDITION
CONSEQUENTLY, THEN, UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, IF SO, IF NOT, SO,
THEREFOTE, IN THAT CASE, OTHERWISE, THUS
I'M HOPING THAT JOHN WILL LET US HAVE THE CAR TONIGHT.IF NOT, WE WON'T
GO.
PURPOSE
SO THAT, SO AS ( NOT) TO, IN ORDER ( NOT) TO , IN ORDER THAT, FOR FEAR
( THA), IN CASE
LOUISE WENT TO BED EARLY SO AS NOT TO BE TIRED DURING THE EXAM
EFFECT/RESULT
SUCH/SO.....THAT, CONSEQUENTLY, FOR THIS REASON, AS A CONSEQUENCE,
THUS, THEREFORE, SO
IT RAINED ALL DAY, AND THEREFORE WE COULDN'T GO TO THE ZOO
COMPARISON
AS......AS, (MORE)......THAN, HALF AS......AS, NOTHING LIKE,
THE......THE, TWICE AS.....AS, LESS....THAN
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE TWINS, THEY ARE NOTHING LIKE EACH OTHER.
TIME
WHEN, WHENEVER, AS, WHILE, NOW(THAT), BEFORE, UNTIL, TILL, AFTER, SINCE
I WILL LEAVE WHEN I'M READY
PLACE
WHERE, WHEREVER
RICHARD TENDS TO MAKE FRIENDS WHEREVER HE GOES
RELATIVE
WHO, WHOM, WHOSE, WICH, WHAT, THAT
THAT WOMAN OVER THERE IS ONE WHO OWNS THE HOTEL BY THE SEA
REFERENCE

CONCERNING/REGARDING, WITH RESPECT/REGARD/REFERENCE TO, IN


RESPECT/REGAD/REFERENCE TO THIS/TO THE FACT THAT.
WRITE THE REPORT WITH REFERENCE TO THE POINTS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK
SUMMARISING
IN CONCLUSION, IN SUMMARY, TO SUM UP, AS I HAVE SAID, AS (IT) WAS
PREVIOUSLY STATED, ON THE WHOLE, IN ALL. ALL IN ALL. ALTOGETHER, IN
SHORT, BRIEFLY, TO PUT IT BRIEFLY.
ALL IN ALL I ENJOYED THE BOOK, ALTHOUGH I FOUND THE PLOT HARD TO FOLLOW
IN PLACES.

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