Stating your opinion, Giving examples, Comparing, Contrasting, Generalizing, Expressing certainty, etc

Stating your opinion

In my opinion                    :

In my view                          :

From my point of view  :

It seems to me that        :

From my perspective     :

It appears that                  :

I realize                                                :

I imagine                              :

According to me               :

To me                                   :

I think                                   :

I believe                               :

To my way of thinking    :

I suppose                            :

I understand                      :

I feel                                      :

Giving examples

For example       :

Such as                 :

As                           :

That is                   :

To ilustrate         :

For instance       :

In other words  :

Like                        :

Namely                                :

To paraphrase   :

Comparing

Similar to             :

In common         :

Either....or          :

Neither...nor     :

Just as                   :

As....as                 :

Also                       :

In the same way :

At the same time :

Resemble            :

Contrasting

However             :

But                         :

On the contrary                :

On the other hand :

Nevertheless     :

Differ from         :

Although             :

Though                 :

Otherwise           :

Instead                 :

Alyternatively    :

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              :

Doubtless            :

Definitely            :

Undoubtedly     :

No doubt             :

Of course            :

Expressing partial agreement

More or less       :

Up to a point      :

In a way               :

To some extent                :

Almost                  :

So to speak         :

Adding information

Furthermore      :

Also                       :

Moreover           :

Likewise               :

Besides                                :

Even                      :

In addition          :

And                        :

Similarly               :

As well as            :

Too                        :

What’s more      :

Expressing condition

If                             :

In case                  :

Provided that    :

Whether              :

Unless                  :

So that                  :

Concluding

To summarize    :

Lastly                     :

To conclude with :

In conclusion      :

Finally                   :

In short                                :

Showing cause

Due to                  :

Because of          :

Because               :

Owing to              :

Showing effect

Therefor              :

Consequently    :

Thus                      :

Thereby               :

Hence                   :

As a result           :

For this reason  :

So                           :

Eventually           :

The reason why                :

Marking time

First                       :

Second                 :

Third                      :

Firstly                    :

Secondly              :

Thirdly                  :

During                   :

To begin with     :

Simultaneously :

Since                     :

Afterwards         :

When                    :

Last                        :

Lastly                     :

Then                      :

First of all             :

Before                  :

After                     :

While                    :

At the same time :

After this/that   :

Meanwhile         :

Following this    :

As soon as           :