TYPES OF CONNECTIVES

TYPES OF CONNECTIVES

TYPES OF CONNECTION	POSSIBLE CONNECTIVES
ADDITIVE	and / also / neither … nor / moreover / furthermore / in addition / in addition / besides
ALTERNATIVE	or / or else / alternatively
AFTERTHOUGHT	Incidentally / by the way
APPOSITIVE	that is / I mean / in other words / that is to say
EXEMPLIFICATORY	for instance / for example / to illustrate
COMPARATIVE / CONTRASTIVE	likewise / similarly / in the same way / by contrast / on the other hand
ADVERSATIVE	yet / though / but / although / however / nevertheless / despite this / in spite of this / at the same time / as a matter of fact / in fact / actually / on the other hand
CORRECTIVE	rather / instead / on the contrary / at least / I mean / what I mean is
DISMISSIVE	In any case / whichever way it is / in either case / anyhow / at any rate / whatever the case may be
CAUSAL	So / then / hence / therefore / because of this / on account of this / in consequence / consequently / for this reason / with this in mind / for this purpose / as a result / because / for this purpose / as a result / it follows / on this basis / to this end / arising out of this
CONDITIONAL	if / that being the case / then / that being so / in that case / in such an event / unless / otherwise / under the circumstances
RESPECTIVE	in this respect / with reference to this / in this regard / otherwise / in other respects / aside from this
TYPES OF CONNECTION	POSSIBLE CONNECTIVES
TEMPORAL	then / next / after that / just then / at the same time / previously / before that / finally / at last / at first / in the end / at once / soon / on another occasion / after a time / meanwhile / until then / at this moment / next / up to now / hitherto / up to this point / from now on / henceforward
CONCLUSIVE	in conclusion / by way of conclusion / finally
SUMMARISING	to sum up / in summary / briefly / in short
RESUMPTIVE	to resume / to return to the point