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    ‘I like butterflies. I like bees. I don’t like cockroaches.

    Connectors/Linking words

    Explanation
    Connectors/Linking words (see chart below) can…

     Make your writing more fluid by connecting short sentences


     Make your writing more precise by showing your reader the logical
    relationships between ideas.

    Logical
    Connectors Sample Sentence
    Relationship
    although, even
    Contrast Although the young blond singer was
    though, despite, in
    often in the news, she had no talent.
    spite of

    Result so It started to rain, so we went home.

    Reason He started to worry about finding a job


    because, since, as,
    because he had almost finished college.

    Purpose so that, in order She enrolled in cooking school, so that


    to she could become a pastry chef.

    if, unless,
    If it is sunny this weekend, they are
    Condition providing, provided
    planning to have a barbeque.
    that
    after, before, as
    Until my brother pays me back for last
    soon as, since,
    Time time, I am not lending him any more
    when, while, until, money.
    as
    Connectors. As you can see from the sentences below, connectors
    can appear either at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence.

    Use the linking words to write sentences about your life.


    ‘I like butterflies. I like bees. I don’t like cockroaches.’

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