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    Conjunctions and Linking Words

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    This document discusses different connectors and linkers used to connect elements within and between sentences. It provides examples of connectors that express reason (e.g. because), result (e.g. so), and purpose (e.g. in order to). Connectors like therefore, as a result, and consequently are more formal ways to express a result. Linkers like so...that and such...that are used to connect two clauses, with so used in exclamatory expressions. Purpose connectors like in order to and so that introduce clauses containing modal verbs.

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    This document discusses different connectors and linkers used to connect elements within and between sentences. It provides examples of connectors that express reason (e.g. because), result (e.g. so), and purpose (e.g. in order to). Connectors like therefore, as a result, and consequently are more formal ways to express a result. Linkers like so...that and such...that are used to connect two clauses, with so used in exclamatory expressions. Purpose connectors like in order to and so that introduce clauses containing modal verbs.

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    This document discusses different connectors and linkers used to connect elements within and between sentences. It provides examples of connectors that express reason (e.g. because), result (e.g. so), and purpose (e.g. in order to). Connectors like therefore, as a result, and consequently are more formal ways to express a result. Linkers like so...that and such...that are used to connect two clauses, with so used in exclamatory expressions. Purpose connectors like in order to and so that introduce clauses containing modal verbs.

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    This document discusses different connectors and linkers used to connect elements within and between sentences. It provides examples of connectors that express reason (e.g. because), result (e.g. so), and purpose (e.g. in order to). Connectors like therefore, as a result, and consequently are more formal ways to express a result. Linkers like so...that and such...that are used to connect two clauses, with so used in exclamatory expressions. Purpose connectors like in order to and so that introduce clauses containing modal verbs.

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    NNECTORS AND LINKE

    - reason, result and purpose -


    n elements within a sentence or sentences within a text we use conjuncti
    itions, adverbs and adverbial expressions called “connectors” or “linker
    • because
    cause explains the motive, the cause.

    didn’t go out because he was very busy.

    since (conjuction placed at the beginning of the period of time


    couldn’t find a job, he enrolled on a web-design course.
    we had spent all our money, we couldn’t even buy a little souve
    • so
    explains what the result is, the consequence.
    woke up late, so we missed our bus.

    erefore, as a result / consequently, for this reason


    ese are more formal ways to express a result.

    roken his leg, therefore he won’t be able to play in the next ma


    The bus drivers are on the strike today. As a result, the trafic in the
    city has doubled.
    o .... + adjective / adverb + that
    udding was so nice that everyone asked for a second helping.
    so as to .... / not to ....
    eak softly so as not to disturb them.
    uch a + adjective + noun + that
    acher spoke for such a long time no one was listening in the en
    e use of the intesifying adverbs so and such in exclamatory expressions
    So + adjective or adverb Such a .... + adjective+ noun
    Kemal is so cute! And he is such a smart child, too!
    o / in order to (+ base form of verb)
    press the purpose or the aim of an action. In order to ... has a more form
    alifying to become an accountant. (not: .... for become an acco
    taken a course in business administration in order to gain career advanc
    • so that
    introduces a clause that usually contains a modal: will / would, can / co
    might.
    at we can / may win, we’ll have to train really hard.
    use microphone so that everybody can hear.
    NK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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