1. EMPHASIS |
- Undoubtedly
- Indeed
- Obviously
- Particularly
- Especially
- Clearly
- Importantly
- Absolutely
- Definitely
- Without a doubt
- Never
- It should be noted
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2. ORDER |
- First/Firstly
- Second/ Secondly
- Third/Thirdly
- Finally
- At this time
- Following
- Before
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3. CONTRAST |
- On the contrary
- Instead
- Unlike
- Nevertheless
- On the other hand
- Nonetheless
- Yet
- In comparison
- In contrast
- While
- Whereas
- Alternatively
- Conversely
- Even so
- Differing from
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4. HIGH LIGHTING |
- In particular
- Particularly
- Especially
- Mainly
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5. GIVING EXAMPLES |
- For instance
- For example
- One clear example is
- Namely
- Such as
- In other words
- To illustrate
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6. SIMILARITY |
- Likewise
- Similarly
- Correspondingly
- In the same way
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7. BEING CLEAR |
- What I want to say is
- As I was saying
- What I mean is
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8. RESULT/CONSEQUENCE |
- So
- therefore
- as a result/consequence
- accordingly
- because of this/that
- Consequently
- thus
- hence
- for this/ that reason
- So that
- In that case
- Under these circumstances
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9. REFORMULATION |
- Rather
- In other words
- To put it more simply
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10. TIME PHRASES |
- At present
- At the moment
- Now
- Right now
- Now a days
- These days
- Years ago
- Before
- In the past
- At that time
- When I was younger
- Then
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11. GENERALIZING |
- Usually
- As a rule
- On the whole
- For the most part
- In most cases
- Generally
- In general
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12. ADDITION |
- Likewise
- Whereas
- Identically
- Again
- Similarly
- Additionally
- Furthermore
- Also
- Too
- As well as that
- Along with
- Besides
- In addition
- More over
- Not only.. but also
- In addition to this
- Apart from this
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13. Words to Summarize |
- After all
- In any event
- In other words
- On balance
- All in all
- In brief
- In short
- That is (that is to say)
- All things considered
- In conclusion
- In brief
- Therefore
- Briefly
- In essence
- In summary
- To put it differently
- By and large
- Indeed
- In the final analysis
- To sum up
- Hence
- On the whole
- In the long run
- To summarize
- In any case
- Overall
- Namely
- Finally
- Lastly
- Once and for all
- Conclusively
- At the end
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14. ORDER |
- First/Firstly
- Second/ Secondly
- Third/Thirdly
- Finally
- At this time
- Following
- Before
- Previously
- Subsequently
- Above all
- Last but not least
- First and foremost
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15. Giving Opinion |
- I admit
- I disagree/cannot accept
- I think
- In my view
- In my opinion
- I believe
- I concur/agree
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16. FREQUENCY |
- Always
- Often
- As often as (possible)
- Every
- Once a
- Regularly
- Usually
- Sometimes
- From time to time
- Seldom
- Rarely
- Never
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17. QUALIFYING |
- Although
- However
- But
- Unless
- Except
- Apart from
- As long as
- If
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