Mastering English Connectors: Enhance Your Writing Fluency

This document outlines key English connectors and phrases to improve the clarity and flow of your writing. Understanding and using these effectively will significantly enhance your communication skills.

1. Expressing Contrast and Concession

• A. In spite of / Despite: A PESAR DE
• B. Although / Though / Even though / In spite of the fact that / Despite the fact that: AUNQUE / A PESAR DE QUE
• C. Still / Yet / However / Nevertheless / In spite of that / Even so: SIN EMBARGO
• D. On the one hand / On the other hand: POR UN LADO... POR OTRO LADO
• E. On the contrary: AL CONTRARIO
• F. In contrast to / Contrary to: A DIFERENCIA DE / CONTRARIO A
• G. While / Whereas: MIENTRAS QUE
• Unlike: A DIFERENCIA DE
• To be different from: SER DISTINTO DE
• Notwithstanding: NO OBSTANTE
• All the same: A PESAR DE TODO
• Nonetheless: A PESAR DE TODO
• But: PERO

2. Expressing Cause and Reason

• A. As / Because / Since / Seeing that: PORQUE / YA QUE
• B. Because of / On account of / Owing to / As a result of: DEBIDO A, COMO RESULTADO DE

3. Expressing Purpose

• A. In order (not) to / So as (not) to / To + infinitive: PARA
• B. In order that / So that: PARA QUE

4. Providing Examples and Additions

• For example / For instance / Such as: POR EJEMPLO
• B. Moreover / Furthermore / Besides / In addition: ADEMÁS
• C. Besides / In addition to / As well as: ADEMÁS DE
• D. Apart from / Except (for): EXCEPTO / APARTE DE
• E. Not only...but...also / But…as well: NO SOLO... SINO TAMBIÉN

5. Expressing Result

• A. So + adjective / adverb + that: TAN... QUE
• B. So much + uncountable noun + that: TANTO... QUE
• C. So many + countable noun + that: TANTOS... QUE
• D. Such + (a /an) + (adjective) + noun + that: TAN... QUE
• E. So / Thus + sentence: ASÍ QUE
• F. Consequently / Accordingly / Therefore / And, as a result: POR LO TANTO

6. Showing Sequence

• A. First of all / To begin with / Firstly / First: PRIMERO
• B. Second / Secondly / Then / Next / Later / After this: SEGUNDO
• C. The next stage is to: EL SIGUIENTE PASO ES
• D. Finally / In short / To sum up / In conclusion / Lastly / Last but not least: FINALMENTE

7. Copulative Connectors (Adding Information)

• And: y
• Neither: ni
• Neither...nor: ni...ni
• Furthermore: y lo que es más
• Moreover: Y es más
• Besides: además de
• Likewise: Igualmente
• In addition to: además de
• As well as: así como
• Both....and: tanto...como
• Not only....but also: no sólo...sino también
• Not only.... But....as well: no sólo....sino.....también

8. Disjunctive Connectors (Alternatives)

• Or: o
• Either....or: o...o
• Neither....nor: ni...ni
• Or else: o de lo contrario
• Otherwise: o de otro modo