[27] Discourse markers / linking words

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I was wondering about the category of this article for quite a long time. Finally I decided that it will be most useful for writing.

Today I'm going to show you different ways of connecting phrases, introducting examples or contrast etc. You will need them to write essays that seem to 'flow' as my English teacher says.

Mówiąc już po polsku, są to po prostu słowa czy wyrażenia, które sprawiają, że tekst jest spójny, a poszczególnie zdania łączą się ze sobą bądź kontrastują. Nie zmieniają one sensu zdania, a ich znaczenie jest nieco 'puste'.

Mini-dictionary

purpose – cel

balancing – równoważenie

to sum up  - podsumowując

point out – zwrócić uwagę

attitude – nastawienie

frankly – szczerze

incidentally – nawiasem mówiąc

on top of that – na domiar tego

therefore – a więc, zatem, dlatego

eventually – in the end (NIE ‘ewentualnie’, jakby mogło się wydawać)

nonetheless, nevertheless – niemniej jednak, mimo to

moreover, furthermore - ponadto

as far as I am concerned – jeśli chodzi o mnie

Purpose	Discourse markers
Adding information	in addition another thing is as well as that on top of that what’s more moreover  furthermore with regard to regarding
Balancing contrasting ideas	on the other hand whereas while
Changing the subject	anyway incidentally
Concluding / summing up	to sum up in short
Pointing out a contrast	however despite this nonetheless nevertheless
Giving examples	for example for instance
Logical consequence	therefore so as a result  consequently
Making something clear	actually as a matter of fact in fact in other words what I mean is
Showing your attitude	to be honest quite honestly frankly as far as I am concerned
Structuring and sequencing	to start with lastly at first firstly then in the end eventually

And that's all for today. I hope it will be useful. If you know some linking words that shouldn't be omitted and I forgot about them, write in commnets.