Transitional Phrases: Bad Ones!

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Transitional Phrases: Bad Ones!

Too Elementary/Artificial-Sounding First…Second…Third (or Firstly…Secondly…Thirdly: numbers are not adverbs As an illustration, Obviously, Of course, As well (to start a sentence; ok in the middle)

Grammatically Incorrect Transitions To + a verb as a transition: To begin, To illustrate, To continue, To follow, To conclude, To restate, To sum up, To wrap it up,

Concluding Transitions In conclusion / in summary In brief In closing In short All in all In result Overall Wrapping it all up

Should be used sparingly and correctly In addition, However, Indeed, Furthermore, Ultimately,

So, what should writers do to transition?? Embed them!

Transitions between paragraphs

More Transitions