31058 chart of sentence connectors

SENTENCE CONNECTORS S V, coordinator S V S V Transition, S V S V; transition, S V [Also possible: Subordinator S V, S V S V subordinator S V Prep + np, S V S V prep + np S V S, transition, V S V S V, transition ] TIME Meanwhile, In the meantime, Afterwards, Beforehand, , but , yet (, but) While After Before Once SIMPLE CONTRAST However, While On the other hand, Whereas In contrast, CONCESSIVE CONTRAST Nonetheless, Although Nevertheless, Even though ( However, ) Though Despite the fact that In spite of the fact that During event After noun phrase Before noun phrase Unlike noun phrase Despite noun phrase In spite of noun phrase Cause / Effect , so , for Therefore, Thus, Hence, Because / Since / As Now that Inasmuch as In view of the fact that Due to the fact that On the grounds that Adding info Because of noun phrase Due to noun phrase As a result of noun phrase In view of noun phrase ,and , nor (+ hv + S + mv…) e.g , nor does he want… , nor have they tried… In addition, Moreover, Furthermore, In addition to noun phrase conditionals ,or Otherwise, If Unless In case of noun phrase In the event that* EMPHASIS On the contrary, As a matter of fact, In fact, Actually, *Be careful with “In the event that…” British English has a similar phrase with a different meaning: In British English, “In the event” means “In the end” or “Eventually.” It signals the conclusion to a story For example, British people would say… “He worked for years to find the right formula In the event, he was able to accomplish his goal by teaming up with other scientists.” The phrase on this chart is different It means “if.” It names an event that could happen + a contingency plan “In the event that it rains, the picnic will be canceled.” For example,