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Listing
Points
to
Show
Ideas:
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First
of
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Secondly,
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In
addition,
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the
other
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consider it if it would not provide them
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2) Semi-colon, small letter, comma
There are many ways to improve
congestion; for example, some
cities in The Netherlands have
pedestrian only city centres.
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countries
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pollution.
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Position
Transition Words
and
Use
of
words
too
mechanically
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1) Giving Examples
You can vary your use of for example
and for instance by moving them to
after the first phrase of the sentence or
to after the subject or verb.
3) Listing Points
These can also be varied. For example:
Firstly, an advantage of a new
public transport system is that it
Netherlands
have, for
the subject:
instance, pedestrian
only
city
centres.
you
can
problems, as
result/therefore/as
consequence, have
a
decreased
significantly.
These can also be joined to the previous
sentence with the conjunction 'and:
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now
has
Train, and,
Sky
as
result/therefore/as
traffic
problems
have
20 Sets of Transition
Phrases To Know
Words
There
are
some/more/fewer
benefits/disadvantages to
. . .may/might
. . .can be
Set 4 To Further the Argument
In addition
Similarly
Furthermore
Moreover
Further
As an example
(Why) I believe
For instance
Whats more
Personally
Id enjoy
. . . including
I would prefer
More than
I think
Also
In my opinion
. . . coupled with
As far as Im concerned
Both . . . and
It seems to me
I suggest
Set 3 To Set Up a Condition
Set 5 To Summarize/Conclude
In conclusion
Finally
If
As a result (of)
Even if
In summary
If I could
Therefore
To sum up
In other words
To summarize
Immediately
Then
Then
In brief
Later
On the whole
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To conclude
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As we have seen
Before
While
During
As soon as
As
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Frequently
When
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To repeat
Namely
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In other words
Set 7 To Show Cause / Reason
and Effect / Result
Consequently
Often
Because (of)
Oftentimes
Due to
Since
Thanks to
Overall
To this end
Since
In general
Generally speaking
As a result
By and large
Caused by
Set 9 To Generalize
Although
Even though
Whereas
Instead
In contrast
However
In spite of
Despite
Unlike
On the contrary
But
Yet
Rather than
Either
Or
Nor
Neither
Either . . . or
Neither . . . nor
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
Sometimes
Once in a while
Occasionally
Someother(s)
Other(s)
Often
None
Set 11 To Emphasize
Above all
Obviously
Clearly
Evidently
Actually
In fact
Certainly
Definitely
Extremely
Indeed
Absolutely
Positively
Surprisingly
Unquestionably
Without a doubt
Objectively
In fact
Set 12 To Show Space
at the left
at the right
nearer
in the center
adjacent
on the side
in the background
on top, below
beneath
under
around
above
over
straight ahead
at the top
at the bottom
surrounding
opposite
Set 13
To
Suggestion
Argue/Make
. . . seems to warrant
. . . contend/s
. . . argue/s
. . . justify/ies
To plead
. . . suggest/s
. . . propose/s
. . . claim/s
. . .state/s
beside - behind
next to
. . . examine/s
nearby
. . . assert/s
in the distance
beyond
in the
foreground
forefront
in
the
. . . object/s (to)
. . . disagree/s with
. . . contradict/s
across
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under
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.
.
absurd/ridiculous/unfounded/illogical
is
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For
So that
So as to
. . . dispute/s
Set 15 To
over Another
Choose
One
Option
As evidence of
The legitimacy of
Such as
Its beneficial/better/positive
For example
Its detrimental/worse/negative
. . . is true/false
In the case of
In addition
Just as
As . . . as
Similarly
Likewise
The question is
One option is