1. SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS
Asst. Prof. Dr Aleksandar Vuletić

2. SENTENCE LINKERS Contrast
     In spite of / Despite Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. 
     Although / (Even) though Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a sentence. 
     However / Nevertheless / Still / Yet / Even so / On the contrary / In contrast. Introduce a new idea which marks a contrast with previously stated ideas. Introduced by a comma. 
    On the one hand ... On the other hand. Links two contrasting ideas / paragraphs. 
     In contrast to / Contrary to. Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. 
     Whereas Link two contrasting ideas. Not separated by commas. 

3. SENTENCE LINKERS Reason and cause
     Because / As / Since / Introduce a sentence. Subordinate sentences introduced by because always appear in final position. 
     Because of / On account of / Owing to / Due to Introduce a noun phrase. 
Purpose
     In order to / So as to Introduce an infinitive of purpose.
     In order that / So that Introduce a sentence. 

4. SENTENCE LINKERS Consequence/Result Addition
     Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / Therefore Followed by a coma.   
     As a consequence of / As a result of Followed by a noun phrase. 
     So / That’s why Introduce a sentence. No commas.   
Addition
Moreover / Furthermore / In addition / Besides / What's more / On top of that Used after a strong pause and separated from the sentences. They are introduced by a comma. 
As well as / In addition to / Besides Used to add  one more piece of information. Followed by a noun phrase. 

5. CONNECTORS
Contrast
but / yet: followed by a noun phrase or a sentence. 
‘The piece is totally abstract but / yet catchy.’
in spite of / despite: It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence.
‘He arrived on time for the exhibition despite / in spite of getting up late’
although / though/ even though / in spite of the fact that:
 ‘Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the students had not studied, they all passed their exams’.  
   ‘The students all passed their exams although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that they had not studied. ‘
however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary: 
‘He was ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to the art class.’  
while, whereas   
This fabric is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite dull.’  

6. CONNECTORS Reason and cause because, as , since:
‘We need to draw faster because / as / since it’s almost the end of the class.’
because of, on account of, owing to, due to: 
 ‘We stayed at the workshop because of / on account of / owing to / due to the terrible weather ’
in order to, so as to, to: 
‘She uses her camera in order to / so as to / to document the best moments of our lives’ 

7. CONNECTORS Add information for example, for instance, such as:
‘We need different equipment for Figure drawing: for example / for instance, Indian ink and charcoal.’ 
moreover, furthermore, besides, in addition to: 
‘In addition to drainage, we need to solve the insulation problem’ 
apart from, except for: 
‘Apart from the aerial and frontal, there are central and inverted perspectives’.

8. CONNECTORS: Order Conclusion Sequencing First of all/ First / Firstly
In the first place
To start with
In the second place
Second / Secondly
Third / Thirdly
Next
After that
Then
Afterwards
Conclusion
Finally
In conclusion
Lastly
Eventually
In the end
All in all
On the whole
To sum up

9. SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS
Explaining
In other words
In short
Above all
All in all
At least
Basically
Consequently
Explaining
Especially
Essentially
In general
In particular
More or less
On the whole
To a certain extent

10. SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS
Expressing a personal opinion
- As far as I am concerned
- If you ask me
- From my point of view
- I agree / disagree / partially agree
In my opinion
In my view
I think that
It is true that
Personally
To be honest
To tell the truth