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Fractions

73%- nearly three quarters

51%- just over a half

49%- just under a half

32%- nearly a third

3%- a tiny fraction

50%- exactly a half

26%- roughly one quarter

49%- around a half

24%- almost a quarter

77%- approximately three quarters

There are certain phrases we can use to explain our ideas such
as:

 That is to say…. (linking)

 In other words… (linking)

 This is because… (giving reasons)


 The reason is…. (giving reasons)

 As a result…. (describing result)

 As a consequence…. (describing result)

 Therefore…. (describing result)

 Stating Your Opinion


In my opinion, According to me,

In my view, To me,

From my point of view, I think

It seems to me that I believe

From my perspective To my way of thinking

It appears that I suppose

I realize I understand

I imagine I feel

  Giving Examples
For example, For instance,

such as In other words,

as like

that is namely

To illustrate To paraphrase

 Comparing
Similar to As…as

in common also
Either…or In the same way,

Neither…nor At the same time

Just as resemble

   Contrasting
However, But

On the contrary, On the other hand,

Differ from Nevertheless

Although Though

Otherwise Instead

Alternatively, Even though

 Generalizing
Generally, Generally speaking,

Overall, On the whole,

In general, By and large,

It seems to me that I believe

All in all, Basically,

Essentially, As a rule,

All things considered For the most part

  Expressing Certainty
Certainly, Undoubtedly,

Doubtless, No doubt,

Definitely, Of course,

  Expressing Partial Agreement


More or less, To some extent,

Up to a point, Almost,
In a way, So to speak,

 Showing cause 
Due to Because

Because of Owing to

 Showing effect
Therefore, As a result,

Consequently, For this reason,

Thus, So,

thereby Eventually,

Hence, The reason why

 Marking time
First, Last

Second, Lastly,

Third, Then,

Firstly, First of all,

Secondly, Before

Thirdly, After

During While

To begin with At the same time

Simultaneously After this / that

Since Meanwhile

Afterwards Following this

When As soon as

 Adding Information
Furthermore In addition
Also And

Moreover Similarly

Likewise As well as

Besides Too

Even What’s more

 Expressing condition
If Whether

In case Unless

Provided that So that

 Concluding
To summarize In conclusion

Lastly, Finally,

To conclude with, In short,


Vocabulary

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