SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS

1. SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS Asst. Prof. Dr Aleksandar Vuletić

2. SENTENCE 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. 

3. SENTENCE LINKERS Reason and cause • Because / As / Since / 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. 

4. SENTENCE LINKERS Consequence/Result • Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / ThereforeFollowed by a coma. • As a consequence of / As a result of Followed by a noun phrase.  • So / That’s why Introduce a sentence. No commas.    Addition • Moreover / Furthermore / Inaddition / Besides / What's more/ On top of that 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. 

5. CONNECTORS Contrast • but / yet: followed by a noun phrase or a sentence.  ‘The piece is totally abstractbut / yetcatchy.’ • in spite of / despite: It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence. ‘He arrived on time for the exhibition despite / in spite of getting up late’ • although / though/ even though / in spite of the fact that:  ‘Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the students had not studied, they all passed their exams’.    ‘The students all passed their examsalthough / though / even though / in spite of the fact that they had not studied. ‘ • however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary:  ‘He was ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to the art class.’   • while, whereas This fabric is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite dull.’  

6. CONNECTORS Reason and cause • because, as , since: ‘We need todraw fasterbecause / as / since it’s almost the end of the class.’ • because of, on account of, owing to, due to:  ‘We stayed at the workshop because of / on account of / owing to / due to the terrible weather ’ • in order to, so as to, to: ‘She uses her camerain order to / so as to / todocument the best moments of our lives’ 

7. CONNECTORS Add information • for example, for instance, such as: ‘We need different equipment for Figure drawing: for example / for instance, Indian ink and charcoal.’  • moreover, furthermore, besides, in addition to: ‘In addition todrainage, we need to solve the insulation problem’  • apart from, except for: ‘Apart from the aerial and frontal, there are central and inverted perspectives’.

8. Sequencing First of all/ First / Firstly In the first place To start with In the second place Second / Secondly Third / Thirdly Next After that Then Afterwards Conclusion Finally In conclusion Lastly Eventually In the end All in all On the whole To sum up CONNECTORS: Order

9. Explaining In other words In short Above all All in all At least Basically Consequently Explaining Especially Essentially In general In particular More or less On the whole To a certain extent SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS

10. SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS Expressing a personal opinion - As far as I am concerned - If you ask me - From my point of view - I agree / disagree / partially agree • In my opinion • In my view • I think that • It is true that • Personally • To be honest • To tell the truth