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ADDING POINTS

and
also
as well as
moreover
further
furthermore
in addition
additionally
besides
what is more
GIVING AN OPINION
I believe/ do not believe
Personally, I feel that
It seems to me
I would argue that
I feel strongly that
I am of the opinion that
I am greatly in favour of
I am strongly opposed to
I am convinced that
REASONS
for this reason
to this end
for this purpose
because
since
so that
CHANGING TOPIC
Now let us turn to
Turning to the question of
With regard to
et us consider
!n the question of
" second/ another point I would li#e to consider
STARTING AN INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, we are all becoming aware of the fact that
These days it seems that
It is a fact that
It is often said that
!ver the past few years it seems that
$ecently, we have all become concerned that
In the past people but now
LINKING
for e%ample
for instance
in other words
by way of illustration
such as
INTRODUCTORY PHRASES
To begin with
&irst of all
&irst and foremost
In the second place
'econdly
" second area to
consider is
Ne%t
Then
"nother point to
consider is
finally
ast but not least
DISCURSIVE
WRITING
CONTRASTS
although
for all that
however
on the contrary
otherwise
yet
but
even so
despite
conversely
alternatively
nevertheless
on the other hand
it has been suggested
that
it could be argued that
in spite of
even though
whereas
while
RESULTS
as
as a consequence
as a result
hence
therefore
thus
inevitably
CONCLUSIONS
"s has been noted
&inally
In brief
In short
!n the whole
(onsequently
'o
To summarise
"ccordingly
Therefore
In conclusion
To sum up
!verall I would say that
"ll things considered
"ltogether
"ll in all
DEVELOPING AN
ARGUMENT
Thus
Therefore
(onsequently
&or this reason
It allows that
In view of this
)oreover
In addition
Indeed
In short
'o
*ecause
!wing to
"s a result
RESPONDING TO OPINIONS
While it is true that it is also a fact that
"lthough it is true that we must also remember that
It could be argued that +owever, I would point out that
,espite the argument that I would stress that
It may be true that but all too often
DISCURSIVE
WRITING

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