项目作者： ndrsllwngr
项目描述 ：
Sentence starters, transitional and other useful words.
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项目地址: git://github.com/ndrsllwngr/english.git
English phrases
Sentence starters, transitional and other useful words.
It can sometimes be difficult to start a sentence to express ideas, or find words to show the
relationship between ideas. Below is a list of possible sentence starters, transitional and other
words that may be useful.
Furthermore, Academic Phrasebank by Dr John Morley is worth taking a closer look.
Table of Contents
Introduce
- In this essay
- This essay discusses
- …is defined as…
- …are identified as…
- …is explored…
- The definition of … will be given
- …is briefly outlined…
- The issue focused on…
- …is demonstrated…
- …is included…
- …is explained…
- The key aspect discussed…
- …are presented…
- …is justified…
- Views on … range from …to…
- …is evaluated…
- …is examined…
- The central theme…
- …is described…
- …is analysed…
- Emphasised are…
Add background ideas
- In the past,
- Historically,
- Traditionally,
- Customarily,
- Beforehand,
- Originally,
- Prior to this,
- Earlier,
- Formerly,
- Previously,
- Over time,
- At the time of…
- Conventionally,
- Foundational to this is…
- In earlier…
- Initially,
- At first,
- The traditional inter
- Recently …
- Until now,
Add ideas
- Also,
- Equally important…
- Subsequently,
- Futhermore,
- Moreover,
- As well as…
- Next
- Another essential point
- Additionally,
- More importantly,
- In the same way
- Another
- Then,
- In addition,
- Besides,
- Then agian,
- Firstly,…secondly,…thirdly,…finally,…
- To elaborate,
Add rare ideas
- A few
- Subsequently,
- …is uncommon
- …is scarce…
- Rarely …
- …is rare…
- … is unusual …
- Seldom …
- Few …
- Not many …
Add common ideas
- Numerous …
- Many …
- More than …
- Several …
- Almost all …
- The majority …
- Most …
- Commonly …
- Significant …
- … is prevalent …
- .. is usual …
- Usually …
Add inconclusive ideas
- Perhaps …
- … may be …
- … might be …
- There is limited evidence
- … is debated …
- … is possibly …
- … could …
- … may include …
Add others’ ideas
- According to
- Based on the findings of
- … proposed that…
- As explained by
- … states that…
- … claims that…
- However,… stated that
- … suggested…
- … concluded that…
- Similarly,… stated that
- … for example,…
- … agreed that…
- Based on the ideas of
- … defined… as
- .. relates…
- As identified by…
- … disputed that…
- … contrasts…
- With regard to…
- … concluded that…
- … confirmed that…
- … argues…
- … highlights…
- … demonstrates…
- … found that…
- … identifies…
- … wrote that…
- … demonstrated…
- … also…
- … reported…
- … pointed out that…
- … maintained that…
- … hypothesised that…
- ..expressed the opinion..
- … also mentioned…
- … asserts that…
- … identified…
- ..goes on to state/suggest
- .. emphasises
- … challenges the idea…
- … showed that…
- …explored the idea…
Add examples
- For example, …
- … as can be seen in …
- … supports …
- An illustration of …
- … as demonstrated by …
- … is observed …
- Specifically, …
-
- … exemplifies …
- Such as …
- As an example …
- To illustrate, …
- For instance, …
Compare and contrast
- Similarly,
- In the same way …
- Likewise, …
- In comparison …
- Complementary to this …
- Then again, …
- However, …
- This is in contrast to …
- In contrast, …
- And yet …
- Nevertheless, …
- Conversely, …
- On the contrary, …
- On the other hand, …
- Notwithstanding …
- Whereas …
- In contrast to …
- That aside, …
- While this is the case …
- … disputes …
- Despite this, …
Show relationships or outcome
- Therefore …
- As a result …
- For that reason …
- Hence, …
- Otherwise, …
- Consequently, …
- The evidence suggests..
- It can be seen that …
- With regard to …
- After examining ….
- These factors contribute
- It is apparent that …
- Considering..it can be
- Subsequently, ….
- The effect is …
- The outcome is …
- The result …
- The correlation …
- The relationship …
- The link …
- The convergence …
- The connection …
- … interacts with …
- Both ….
- … affects …
- Thus it is …
- … causes …
- … influences …
- … predicts …
- … leads to …
- … informs …
- … presupposes
- … emphasises
- … demonstrates …
- … impacts on …
- … supports …
Conclude
- In summary,
- To review,
- In conclusion,
- In brief,
- To summarise,
- To sum up,
- To conclude,
- Thus,
- Hence,
- It has been shown that,
- In short,
