Article Writing – important Phrases

Opening Phrases

• In the last few years
• During the early days . . .
• Shortly after the invention of . . .
• A vast majority of
• During the past years
• Towards the end of  19^th century . . .
• Most of the population thinks that
• As a long period of time
• Is it any wonder that   . . . ?
• Don’t you think   . . . ?
• Isn’t it clear that  . . . ?
• Isn’t it the case that . . . ?
• How can anyone believe this?
• Does anyone really believe that . . .?
• Many people believes that

Useful phrases

·         In fact . . .

·         AsI see it . .

·         It appears to me . . .

·         It seems to me that . . .

·         One argument for this is that . .

·         I would counter this view because . . .

·         On the other hand . . .

·         It seems posssibly to  . . .

·         Therefore . . .

·         In addition . . .

·         Moreover . . .

·         Furthermore . . .

·         Nevertheless . . .

·         Subsequently . . .

·         Consequently . . .

·         However . . .

·         In point of fact . . .

It is precisely because . . .

·         Naturally . . .

·         Doubtless . . .

·         It is surprising that . . .

·         It surprises me that  . . .

·         It is no surprise that . . .

·         It would seem logical to . . .

·         Let us now turn to . . .

·         Let’s consider . . .

·         An example of this is . . .

·         My next point concerns . . .

·         To begin with . . .

·         Next . . .

·         After that

·         Following that . . .

·         After a while . . .

·         Wait a moment before . . .

·         Before long . . .

·         After a minute . . .

·         First . . .

·         First of all . ..

·         Firstly . . .

·         Next . . .

·         After . . .

·         Afterwards . . .

·         After that . . .

·         When . . .

·         At this point . . .

·         Lastly . . .

·         Finally . . .

·         Subsequently . . .

·         To begin with . . .

·         After that

·         Following that . . .

·         After a while . . .

·         Wait a moment before . . .

·         Before long . . .

After a minute . . .

Causal connectives

·         So . . .

·         This causes . . .

·         As a result . . .

·         This results in . . .

·         This leads to . . .

·         This is because . . .

·         This was because . . .

·         Because . . .

·         Therefore . . .

·         Furthermore . . .

·         I believe that  . . .

·         I think that  . . .

·         It seems to me that  . . .

·         It is clear that  . . .

·         It strikes me that  . . .

·         There is no doubt that  . . .    

·         I am convinced that  . . .

·         It appears that  . . .

·         It is obvious that . . .

·         In addition . . .

·         Everyone understands that . . .

·         Nobody knows why . . .

·         Many people believe . . .

·         I believe that  . . .

·         It is true to say that . . .

·         Even though . . 

·         For once . . .

·         At least . . .

·         At times . . .

·         Sometimes . . .

·         I felt so . . .

Phrases to finish

·         My last point is  . . .

·         My final point is  . . .

·         Finally,

·         In conclusion, 

·         In summary,                                       

·         To conclude I would like to say  . . .  

·         On the basis of the evidence presented . . .

·         On balance . . .

·         The evidence presented supports the view that . . .   

·         It is my sincere belief that . . .

·         In conclusion . . .

·         It is my conviction that . . .

·         It is clear that . . .

·         Finally I would like to add . . .

·         To sum up . . .

·         My overall feeling is . . .

·         The evidence presented leads me to conclude that . . .

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