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LINKING OR TRANSITION WORDS

Reformulating
Namely
In other words
That is to say
To put things differently
Temporal
After
Afterwards
As
As soon as
Next
Suddenly
Then
Since

Personal opinio
In my opinion
As far as Im concerned
To my mind
It seems to me that

emphasizing
As a matter of fact
Indeed
In fact
Deducing
consequence
As a consequence
Therefore
As a result
Consequently
Eventually
Thus
So
Thats why

Explaining cause
As
Because (of)
In so far as
Since
The reason why is

Summing up
In a nutshell
All things considered
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Contrasting
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as opposed to
However
Nevertheless
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Unlike
while
Whereas
On the one hand
On the other hand

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Furthermore
In addition
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First
To begin with

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