DISCOURSE MARKERS LINKERS To state personal opinion In my opinion, in my view, to my mind, (Personally) I believe that, I feel strongly that,

it seems to me that, I think that, I am convinced that, it is my firm belief that, as far as Im concerned To list advantages and disadvantages One advantage/disadvantage of Another advantage of The main advantage of The greatest advantage of The first advantage To list points First(ly) First of all In the first place To start with To begin with Secondly Thirdly Finally To add more points on the same topic What is more Furthermore Moreover Apart from this/that In addition to this Beside this Also Too Not only ... but also To show cause Because Due to the fact that Since / As On the grounds that To emphasize that something is definite Beyond doubt/question There can be no question that Undoubtedly / Unquestionably To say that something is likely or possible but not definite Probably Presumably Perhaps Maybe

Possibly It seems clear that To say that something is true in most cases As a rule By and large Generally speaking In general In most cases On the whole To show effect / result / consequences Therefore Consequently As a consequence As a result For this reason To show purpose So that In order to To give examples For instance For example Such as To show contrast Yet / However Nevertheless Although Even though / even if In spite of the fact that Despite the fact that To show time When / whenever As soon as While To introduce a conclusion Finally / Lastly All in all Taking everything into account / consideration On the whole All things considered In conclusion To sum up To conclude with