“Golden Words and Phrases”
| Sequence | Example | Compare | Reason | Emphasis | |
| First / Firstly
Second / Secondly Next, last, finally In addition Moreover Further, furthermore Another Also In conclusion To summarise
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For example
For instance That is (i.e.) Such as Including Namely |
Similarly
Likewise Also Like Just as Just like Similar to Same as Compare Compared to Compared with Not only but also |
For
Because Since As Because of
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Undoubtedly
Indeed Obviously Generally Admittedly In fact Notably Significantly As a matter of fact Particularly Especially Clearly Importantly |
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| Contrast | Addition | Conclusion | Positive / support | Negative / disagree | |
| However
Nevertheless Nonetheless Still Although Even though But Yet Despite In spite of the fact In contrast (to) In comparison While Whereas On the other hand On the contrary Differ |
And
In addition to An additional Furthermore Also As well as Coupled with |
Therefore
So Based on the above The conclusion is In short To summarise To sum up briefly In brief Altogether Overall Thus It is thus clear that |
In support of
Plausible In agreement Arguably Most persuasive Correspondingly Approve Lean towards Concur Acknowledgement
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Disagreement
Conflicting Counter Deviate Contrasting In contrast to Contend Vary Dispute Counter Opposite Differ / difference
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| Opinion words | Fractions / parts | Verbs | Degree (no opinion) | Speed / intensity | |
| Provided that
Assumption Impression Inclination Hypothesis Thesis Inference Notion Speculation Lean towards Perception of Overall observation Suggested Probability
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Lower proportion
Higher proportion More than double One quarter Three quarters Close to Equally Equivalent
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Achieved
Indicative of Originated Assisted by Create(d) Provided Guided
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dramatic(ally) vast(ly)
huge(ly) a lot significant(ly) considerable/ly moderate(ly) slight(ly) substantial(ly) a little |
slightly
a little a lot sharply suddenly steeply gradually gently steadily fluctuating incremental |