Goal: write beautifully!

1. GOAL: WRITE WITH CONNECTORS
CLAUSES AND LINKERS
by Nur Garriga

2. TYPES OF CLAUSES
2-. PURPOSE
 SO + subject
 SO THAT + subject
1-. CONTRAST  TO + vb INFINITIVE
 ,ALTHOUGH + subject  IN ORDER TO + vb
 ,THOUGH + subject (informal) INFINITIVE
 THOUGH, (informal)  IN ORDER not to + vb
 ,EVEN THOUGH + subject INFINITIVE
 , EVEN IF + subject  SO AS TO + vb INFINITIVE
 IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT
+ subject  SO AS not TO + vb
 DESPITE THE FACT THAT + INFINITIVE
subject
 DESPITE / IN SPITE OF +
(vb+ING)

3. TYPES OF CLAUSES
3-. REASON 4-. RESULT
 ,BECAUSE + subject  SO….THAT + subject
 ,CAUSE (informal) +  SUCH (a/an) ….. THAT +
subject
subject
 ,COS (informal) + subject
 AS + subject
 SINCE + subject
 BECAUSE OF + noun or
noun phrase

4. CONNECTORS
CONTRAST ADDITION
 However,  Plus,
 ; however,  Also,
 Yet,  Besides (that),
 ; yet,  In addition (to that),
 On the one hand, …… on the  In addition to + (vb+ING)
other (hand)  What’s more, (less formal)
 Nonetheless,  , on top of that,
 Nevertheless,  Moreover,
 All the same, (less formal)  Furthermore,
 Even so, (less formal)  Taking into
 No matter how + adjective ... account/consideration…,

5. CONNECTORS 2
RESULT REASON
 Therefore,  For (formal)
 Consequently,  On account of (formal)
 For this reason,  Owing to (formal)
 As a result,  Due to
 As a consequence,
 The reason why / what
 In consequence,
 , which is why
 Thus, (very formal)
 As a result of
 So, (informal)
 Hence, (very formal)

6. CONNECTORS 3
EXPRESSING AN OPINION
 I think that
 I believe that REACHING A CONCLUSION
 I reckon that
 In my opinion,  Taking everything into account
 To my mind, /consideration,
 To my view,  Taking account of everything,
 TO ME, (informal)  All in all,
 To my way of thinking,
 On balance,
 As far as I am concerned,
 In conclusion,
 As far as I know,
 As far as I am aware,  To conclude,
 If you ask me, (informal)  To sum up,
 From my point of view,  Summarizing,
 As I see it,  Summing up,
 The way I see it,
 As a whole,
 Personally,
 By and large,
 For my part,
 For my money,
 In short,
 To the best of my knowledge,  In brief,
 For all I know,  In short,

7. BYE FOR NOW…