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Conjunctions and Transition Words

• Coordinating Conjunctions • Concession and Contrast • Paired Conjunctions
• Cause and Effect • Additional Support or Evidence • Reduction of Clauses
• Purpose • Similarity, Explanation, and Exemplification

Bu ünitede aşağıdaki konuları öğreneceksiniz:
• Coordinating Conjunctions
- and, but, so, nor, yet, for
• Cause and Effect
- A) Conjunctions: because, seeing that, for, it’s because … that, as, seeing as, in that, for the reason that,
since, being that, now that, given that, inasmuch as, being as, on the grounds that, so / such … that
- B) Prepositional Phrases: as a result of, thanks to, as a consequence of, on account of, because of, on (the)
grounds of, due to, in view of, owing to, in / by virtue of
- C) Transitional Words and Phrases: therefore, thereby, so, as a result, hence, accordingly, that’s why, as a
consequence, thus, consequently, for this reason, on this / that account
• Purpose
- A) Conjunctions: so that, in the event that, in case, in order that, for fear that, lest
- B) Prepositional Phrases: in order (not) to, so as (not) to, for the purpose of, with a view to, with the aim of,
for fear of, in the event of
• Concession and Contrast
- A) Conjunctions: although, much as, even though, much though, though, adjective / adverb + as, whereas,
adjective / adverb + though, while, however + adjective / adverb, whilst, no matter + question word, even
if, regardless of + question word
- B) Prepositional Phrases: despite, unlike, in spite of, in contrast with, for all, in contrast to, notwithstanding,
contrary to, regardless of, as opposed to, irrespective of, rather than, different from, instead of
- C) Transitional Words and Phrases: however, still, quite the contrary, nevertheless, but still, in contrast,
nonetheless, yet still, (on the one hand) ... on the other hand, notwithstanding, but … anyway, instead, but,
not … but rather, even so, yet, on the contrary, all the same
• Additional Support or Evidence
- A) Transitional Words and Phrases: besides, furthermore, additionally, moreover, in addition, what’s more
- B) Prepositional Phrases: as well as, besides, with / along with, apart from, in addition to, aside from
• Similarity, Explanation, and Exemplification
- A) Transitional Words and Phrases: likewise, similarly, that is, that is to say, namely, in other words, for
example, for instance, to illustrate
- B) Prepositional Phrases: such as, like
• Paired Conjunctions
- both … and …, neither … nor …, hardly … when …, whether … or …, not only … but also …, scarcely …
when …, either … or …, no sooner … than …, barely … when …
• Inversion
- hardly ever, not until / not till, only then / only later, hardly/scarcely/barely ... when, seldom, not since, only
by / only with, on no account, as, only if, not only … but also, under any circumstances, than, only when, no
sooner … than, under no circumstances
• Reduction of Clauses
- A) Adverbial Clauses: before, after, when, while, because
- B) Time Clauses: after, before, while, when, since, until, as soon as, once
- C) Reason Clauses: because, as, since
- D) Conditional: if, unless, as if, whether … or not
- E) Concession Clauses: although, though

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