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Lesson Topic: Using
Connectors and Words that Add to Ideas.
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. It has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world. |
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Look at these two
sentences. Is there anything wrong with them? There is nothing
wrong with them, but a word that connects these two sentences is often
added. Adding a connector would clearly show a relationship between the two sentences and
ideas.
In this lesson, we would like
to introduce connectors and words that are commonly used in professional, business, and
university writing. Although the words have different grammatical
names, they share one thing in common: they all continue or add to ideas
that were written in the preceding sentence.
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| Additionally, |
Besides
that, |
Not
only...but also |
| Also |
Furthermore, |
Too |
| And |
In
addition, |
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| As well |
Moreover, |
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These words are not interchangeable. In
other words, you cannot remove one of these words and add any other.
The best way to explain how to use these words is to simply give you
examples. One thing they all have in common is that they are usually attached to clauses. That means they are attached to a group
of words that contains a subject and a verb. For more information on
clauses, see our lessons on sentence
fragments and run-on
sentences.
We will use the same sentences in order to illustrate
how the words are used and to show their different positions in the
sentences. The positions of the words that we show you are the
most common but not necessarily the only positions.
Moreover,
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. Moreover,
it has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world. |
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In addition,
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. In
addition,
it has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world. |
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Furthermore,
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. Furthermore,
it has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world. |
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Also
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. It also
has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world.
*The word also
comes before the verb. If the verb is a form of to
be, also is placed after the verb.
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As well
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. It has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world
as well. |
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Too
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. It has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world,
too. |
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Additionally,
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. Additionally,
it has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world. |
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And
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research,
and it has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world. |
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Not only. . . but also
| The library on
5th Avenue in New York City is not
only one of the best places to do
research but
also has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world.
*The subject
after but also is usually omitted if but
and also remain together, and the subject is the
same for both clauses (parts) of the sentence.
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Besides that,
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. Besides
that, it has hundreds of the most respected magazines
and journals in the world. *That
refers to what was said in the first sentence.
Though this use of the word besides is not written
often, it is commonly used in speech. Besides must
be followed by an object.
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Quiz
Directions:
Rewrite
the following sentences with the connectors and words we learned in this lesson.
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. She tells some of the
most interesting stories I have ever heard.
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Additionally,
____________________________________________________
2.) In addition,
____________________________________________________
3.) Too
____________________________________________________
4.) Also
____________________________________________________
5.) Furthermore,
____________________________________________________
6.) Besides that,
____________________________________________________
7.) And
____________________________________________________
8.) Moreover,
____________________________________________________
9.) As well
____________________________________________________
10.) Not only...but also
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Answers
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. She tells some of the
most interesting stories I have ever heard.
1.)
Additionally,
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. Additionally,
she tells some of the most interesting stories I have ever heard.
2.)
In addition
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. In
addition, she tells some of the most interesting stories I have
ever heard.
3.)
Too
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. She tells some of
the most interesting stories I have ever heard,
too.
4.)
Also
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. She also
tells some of the most interesting stories I have ever heard.
5.)
Furthermore,
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. Furthermore,
she tells some of the most interesting stories I have ever heard.
6.)
Besides that,
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. Besides
that, she tells some of the most interesting stories I have
ever heard.
7.)
And
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person, and
she tells some of the most interesting stories I have ever heard.
8.)
Moreover,
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. Moreover,
she tells some of the most interesting stories I have ever heard.
9.)
As well
My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. She tells some of the
most interesting stories I have ever heard as well.
10.)
Not only...but also
My
professor is not only an extremely
fascinating person but also tells
some of the most interesting stories I have ever heard.
Rules to Remember!
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These words are not
interchangeable. In
other words, you cannot remove one of these words and add any other.
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In
general, do not use two of these words or phrases in the same
sentence. The following sentence is incorrect:
| My
professor is an extremely fascinating person. Furthermore,
she tells some of the most interesting stories I have
ever heard as well. |
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In
general, when you use these words and connectors, make sure the two
sentences/ideas are related. The second sentence/idea should add
information that is specifically related to the first idea. Take a
look at the following example:
| The library
on 5th Avenue in New York City is one of the best places to do
research. Furthermore,
lots of people like to go to libraries to read. |
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This
first sentence discusses the importance and usefulness of the library on 5th Avenue
in New York City. The second sentence tells you that
people like to go to libraries. Although these sentences both talk
about libraries, the second sentence (which has furthermore)
does not add information related to the library on 5th Avenue in New York
City. Therefore, the second sentence inappropriately uses furthermore.
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Don't
overuse connectors! It is unnecessary to use them everywhere in your
writing. Use connectors when you want to do the following:
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We highly recommend you look at our lessons on semicolons
and commas.
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