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Sentence connectors are used to combine sentences and express relationships between ideas. They include coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and linking adverbs/transition words. Knowing different types of connectors allows writers to create more sophisticated sentences and improve their English. The document then categorizes common examples of connectors under each type.

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Connectors

Sentence connectors are used to combine sentences and express relationships between ideas. They include coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and linking adverbs/transition words. Knowing different types of connectors allows writers to create more sophisticated sentences and improve their English. The document then categorizes common examples of connectors under each type.

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SOSA SANDOVAL MIGUEL ANGEL

IME-801

SENTENCE CONNECTORS

SENTENCE CONNECTORS

Sentence Connectors are a great way of improving your English. Why? Because we use them
to express relationships between ideas and to combine sentences.
When we begin learning a language, we speak in very basic sentences, a bit like children.
Example: London is a very exciting city. London is very expensive.
As we learn more words and more complex sentence structure, we are able to start using
sentence connectors to make more sophisticated sentences.
Example: London is a very exciting city; nevertheless it is also very expensive or
Despite the fact that London is very expensive, it is also very exciting
There are various types of connectors. We can divide them into:

Coordinating Conjunctions
They connect words, phrases and clauses. They are usually found in the middle of a
sentence with a comma (,) just before the conjuction, or at the beginning of the sentence.
Coordinating Conjunctions:
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so
(remember FANBOYS)

Correlative Conjunctions
They connect equal sentence elements together (like two nouns) and are always
composed by two words.
Correlative Conjunctions:
bothand
not onlybut also
notbut
eitheror
neithernor
whetheror
asas

SOSA SANDOVAL MIGUEL ANGEL

IME-801

SENTENCE CONNECTORS

Subordinating Conjunctions
They connect a dependent clause and an independent clause and establish a
relationship between them. They happen at the beginning of a sentence (with a comma
in the middle separating the clauses) or in the middle of a sentence with no comma.
Subordinating Conjunctions:
after

if

though

although

if only

till

as

in order that

unless

as if

now that

until

as long as

once

when

as though

rather than

whenever

because

since

where

before

so that

whereas

even if

than

wherever

even though

that

that

while

Linking Adverbs and Transition Words


They connect two independent clauses or sentences. They provide transition between
ideas.
Linking Adverbs and Transition Words:
accordingly

however

nonetheless

also

indeed

otherwise

besides

instead

similarly

consequently

likewise

still

conversely

meanwhile

subsequently

finally

moreover

then

furthermore

nevertheless

therefore

hence

next

thus

.
Within these 4 categories, we also find the following division:
Addition
Alternative
Cause-Effect
Comparison
Condition
Contrast
Emphasis
Place
Time

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