CONNECTING IDEAS: LINKERS

AS WELL

BESIDES

FURTHERMORE

MOREOVER

IN ADDITION

TOO

WHAT'S MORE

BUT

EVEN THOUGH

HOWEVER

IN SPITE OF / DESPITE

NEVERTHELESS

ALTHOUGH

ON THE ONE HAND... ON THE OTHER HAND

BECAUSE OF (+ N. Phrase) "Because of the bad weather, we couldn't travel"

DUE TO (+ N. PHRASE) "Due to the bad weather, we couldn't travel"

AS A RESULT OF (+ N. PHRASE) "As a result of the bad weather, we couldn't travel"

SINCE (+CLAUSE) "Since the weather was bad, we couln't travel"

BECAUSE (+CLAUSE) "Because the weather was bad, we couln't travel"

AS (+CLAUSE) "As the weather was bad, we couln't travel"

SO "The weather was bad, so we could not go out"

THEREFORE "The weather was bad, therefore we could not go out"

AS A RESULT "The weather was bad. As a result, we could not go out"

CONSEQUENTLY "The weather was bad. Consequently, we could not go out"

IN ORDER TO (+INF) "We stayed indoors in order to avoid the bad weather"

SO AS TO (+INF) "We stayed indoors so as to avoid the bad weather"

TO (+INF) "We stayed indoors to avoid the bad weather"

SO (+CLAUSE) "We stayed indoors so we could avoid the bad weather"

SO THAT (+CLAUSE) "We stayed indoors so that we could avoid the bad weather"

AS SOON AS

AT FIRST

MEANWHILE

BY THAT TIME

NO SOONER

AFTER A WHILE

EVENTUALLY