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Personal opinion:
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In my opinion, / In my view, / To my mind, / To my way of thinking, / Personally I believe that / It strikes me that / I feel very strongly that / I am inclined to believe that / It seems to me that / As far as I am concerned, / I think that
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To list advantages and disadvantages:
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One advantage of / Another advantage of / One other advantage of / A further advantage of / The main advantage of / The greatest advantage of / The first advantage of
One disadvantage of / Another disadvantage of / One other disadvantage of / A further disadvantage of / The main disadvantage of / The greatest disadvantage of / The first disadvantage of
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To list points:
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Firstly, / First of all, / In the first place, / Secondly, / Thirdly, / Finally, / To start with
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To list points in a specific sequence:
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BEGINNING - First, / To start with, / To begin with, / First of all
CONTINUING - Secondly, / After this/that, / Afterwards, / Then, / Next CONCLUDING - Finally, / Lastly, / Last but not least
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To add more points on the same topic:
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What is more, / Furthermore, / Apart from this/that, / In addition (to this), / Moreover, / Besides (this), / … not to mention the fact that
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To refer to other sources:
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With reference to / According to/ regarding / concerning / with respect / regard / reference to / in regard / reference to
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To express cause:
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because /owing to the fact that / due to the fact that / on the grounds that / since / as
In view of / Because of / Owing to
Tor this reason/that is why
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To express effect:
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Thus, / therefore, / so / consequently, / as a result, / as a consequence, / for this reason.
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To express purpose:
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For fear (that); so that ; so as to / in order to
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To emphasise what you say:
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Clearly, / Obviously, / Of course, / Needless to say
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To express reality:
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It is a fact that / In effect, / In fact, / As a matter of fact, / The fact of the matter is (that) / Actually, / In practice, / Indeed, / To tell you the truth
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To express the difference between appearance and reality:
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Initially, / At first, / At first sight
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To give examples:
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For instance, / For example, such as / like
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To make general statements:
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As a general rule, / Generally, / In general, / On the whole
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To make partially correct statements:
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Up to a point, / To a certain extent, / To some extent, / In a sense, / In a way
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To express limit of knowledge:
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To the best of my knowledge, / As far as I know
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To state other people's opinion:
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It is popularly believed that / People often claim that /It is often alleged that / Some people argue that / Many argue that / A lot of people think that / A lot of people believe that
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To make contrasting points:
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Yet / however, / nevertheless, / but / at the same time / even so, / still, / nonetheless
Although / Even though / Regardless of the fact that / In spite of the fact that / Despite the fact that / While
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To express balance (the other side of the argument):
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however, / but / on the other hand, / although / yet, / at the same time, / in contrast
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Negative addition:
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Neither …. nor
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To express exception:
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but / apart from / except (for)
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To clarify/rephrase:
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In other words, / That is to say, / To put it another way
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To express similarity:
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Similarly, / likewise, / in the same way
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To give an alternative:
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Either….. or; On the other hand, /Alternatively
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To express condition:
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On the condition that / provided (that) / providing (that) / only if / as long as / In the event of / in case of / whether (or not) / otherwise/or (else)
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To express the consequence of a condition:
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Consequently, / then / so / in which case, /if so, / otherwise
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To express comparison:
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as …. as / more … than / twice as … as / less … than
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To conclude:
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Finally, / Lastly, /Above all, /All in all, /Taking everything into account, /On the whole, /All things considered, / In conclusion, /As I have said, /As was previously stated, /To sum up
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Relatives:
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Who/that / whose / which/that / where /whom
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Summarising:
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In short / Briefly / To put it briefly
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