PREPOSITIONS
about, above, according to, across, after, against, along, along with,
among, apart from, around, as, as for, at, because of, before, behind,
below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, by means of,
concerning, despite, down, during, except, except for, excepting,
for, from, in, in addition to, in back of, in case of, in front of,
in place of, inside, in spite of, instead of, into, like, near, next, of,
off, on, onto, on top of, out, out of, outside, over, past, regarding,
round, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath,
unlike, until, up, upon, up to, with, within, without
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
accordingly, also, anyhow, besides, certainly, consequently, conversely,
finally, furthermore, hence, henceforth, however, indeed, instead,
likewise, meanwhile, moreover, nevertheless, next, nonetheless, otherwise,
similarly, still, subsequently, then, therefore, thus
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS (FANBOYS)
for, and, nor, but, or yet, so
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
after, although, as, as if, as long as, as though,
because, before, even if, even though, how, if, in
order that, once, provided that, rather than, since,
so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when,
whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether, while
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
that, which, who, whom, whose, what, whoever,
whomever
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
both . . . and
not only . . . but (also)
either . . . or
whether . . . or
neither . . . nor
ADDITION
additionally, also, as well as, besides,
equally important, furthermore, in addition,
moreover
RESULT OR
CAUSE
consequently, hence, therefore, so, thus,
because, then, as a result, accordingly, as a
consequence, for this reason, because of this
RESTATEMENT
SUMMARY OR
CONCLUSION
OPPOSING VIEW
OR CONTRAST
in other words, that is, that is to say, in
simpler terms, in short
finally, in conclusion, to sum up, in
summary, all in all, evidently, actually,
overall, in brief, briefly, in other words,
lastly, on the whole, in short, therefore,
thus, consequently, accordingly, hence, then
at the same time, but, despite this/that,
instead, however, on the contrary, in
contrast, to/on the contrast, contrarily,
unlike, conversely, nevertheless,
nonetheless, neither, nor, yet, but, on the
one/other hand, still, besides this, otherwise
EMPHASIZE
AN IDEA
above all, certainly, especially, in fact, indeed, surely,
most importantly, naturally, equally important, of course
CONCEDE A
POINT
granted, certainly, of course, no doubt, surely, naturally,
although this may be true
QUALIFY A
POINT
perhaps, probably, for the most part, apparently,
seemingly
DIRECTION &
DISTANCE
inside/outside, along, above/below, up/down, across, to
the right/left, in front of/behind, to the east, north, south,
west, beyond, in the distance, away, here, there, further,
on/off, beside, in the background, opposite to, next to,
near, nearby, facing adjacent to, on the near/far side
TIME &
FREQUENCY
at the same time, currently, previously, immediately,
often, suddenly, frequently, now and then, at that time,
gradually, weekly/daily/hourly, by the
minute/second/week etc., occasionally, rarely, during,
briefly
BEGINNING
before then, beginning with, at the beginning, at first,
first, initially
COMPARISONS
in the same way, similarly, likewise, in like
manner
MIDDLE
EXAMPLE/
ILLUSTRATION
for example, for instance, as an illustration,
to illustrate, as a case in point, in particular,
in general, namely, specifically, generally
END
meanwhile, in the meantime, simultaneously, next, then,
now
finally, at last, eventually, later, at the end