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    This document discusses different types of connectors used to add, contrast, show consequence or result, indicate cause or reason, and express purpose in English. It provides examples of connectors that can be used to further information, express contrast such as although or however, show consequence with so or as a result, give causes like because or since, and indicate purpose with to or so that. The document also mentions connectors for reformulating ideas, drawing conclusions, showing temporal or argumentative sequences, and expressing opinions.

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    This document discusses different types of connectors used to add, contrast, show consequence or result, indicate cause or reason, and express purpose in English. It provides examples of connectors that can be used to further information, express contrast such as although or however, show consequence with so or as a result, give causes like because or since, and indicate purpose with to or so that. The document also mentions connectors for reformulating ideas, drawing conclusions, showing temporal or argumentative sequences, and expressing opinions.

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    Conectores. Significado y uso.

    AÑADIR O REFORZAR INFORMACIÓN


    - Furthermore / Besides → además (tras un punto y seguido de coma)
    Ex: Mrs.Smith is an intelligent teacher. Furthermore / besides, she takes an interest in her students
    - Not only...but also... → no solo...sino también...
    Ex: Mary plays not only the guitar but also the violin.
    She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustrations.
    - both...and... - tanto...como...
    Ex: Many politicians desire both money and power.
    Both his mother and his father will be there.

    CONTRASTE
    Although / even though/ though/- aunque (+ proposición)
    (though- es el único que puede ir al final de la oración.)
    - Although Jack is not very tall, he is excellent at basketball.
    - Even though she was not feeling well, she decided to go to work
    - The house isn't very nice. I like the garden though
    In spite of / despite + Sintagma nominal / -ing ( a pesar de)
     In spite of / despite his bad reputation, the politician won the elections.
     Her voice was shaking despite / in spite of all her efforts to control it.
     In spite of /despite applying for hundreds of jobs, he is still out of work.
     It was a great match in spite of /despite the bad the weather.
    In spite of the fact that /despite the fact that + proposición ( a pesar de que)
     She was good at physics in spite of the fact that she found it boring.
     She went to Spain despite the fact that her doctor had told her to rest.
    However – sin embargo (expresa contraste entre oraciones y suele ir detrás de un punto, seguido
    de coma)
     I've always enjoyed going to the beach. However, I never go there at midday.
    Para contrastar argumentos o puntos de vista podemos usar la secuencia “On the one hand, …on
    the other (hand)” o usar solo on the other hand para contrastar con el argument anterior
    - On the one hand they'd love to have kids, but on the other, they don't want to give up their freedom.
    - They'd love to have kids but on the other hand they don't want to give up their freedom.

    CONSECUENCIA (RESULT)
    So + adjetivo/adverbio + that + proposición
    Such (a) + adjetivo/adverbio + nombre+ that + proposición
    - He was so tired that he went to bed early.
    - It was such a tiring day that he went to bed early.
    So + proposición (normalmente precedido de coma) / So (that) + proposición (así que). Normalmente
    ambos se incluyen en la misma oración y no se usan después de punto)
    - There are no buses, so you'll have to walk.
    - Nothing more was heard from him so that we began to wonder if he was dead.
    - There was a pilots' strike so (that) all flights had to be cancelled.

    As a result / As a consequence /consequently (por consiguiente. Pueden comenzar una oración,


    después de un punto y seguidos de coma)
    There was a pilots' strike. As a result / As a consequence /Consequently, all flights had to be cancelled.
    Therefore (por lo tanto. Suele ir en posición media, entre comas o precedido de “and”)
     The food was bad, therefore, we didn`t eat it.
     he wanted to become the richest, and therefore the happiest, man in the world

    CAUSA (REASON)
    As a result of/because of / due to + sintagma nominal (a causa de)
    - As a result of /because of / due to the pilots' strike, all flights have had to be cancelled.
    Since / as + proposición. (puesto que, ya que) La proposición causal suele anteponerse a la oración
    principal, seguida de coma
     Since / as there was a pilots' strike, all flights had to be cancelled.

    FINALIDAD (PURPOSE)
    to / in order (not) to / so as (not) to (para (no) seguido de infinitivo)
    - We came to the countryside to /in order to/ so as to find some peace.
    - Handle the flowers carefully in order not to damage them.
    So (that) /in order that + proposición (para que). (Normalmente se incluyen en la misma oración y no se
    usan después de punto. Necesitamos estos conectores cuando el sujeto de la proposición subordinada no
    es el mismo que el de la principal. Suelen emplearse con can or could o en negativa. In order that es muy
    formal. Es importante señalar que so that puede ser tanto final como consecutivo, el uso de can y could
    suele asociarse a la finalidad, no a la consecuencia)
    I stopped so that you could catch up. (paré para que pudieras alcanzarme)

    PARA REFORMULAR IDEAS


    That is to say... / in other words... /I mean... / What I mean (to say) is...

    PARA EXPRESAR UNA CONCLUSIÓN O RESUMEN


    To sum up, / In short, / in conclusion, /My conclusion is that...

    PARA EXPRESAR UNA SECUENCIA TEMPORAL


    At first, / At the beginning, (al principio)
    Then, / later (luego) – after a while, (después de un tiempo/rato)
    Eventually / in the end / finally (al final)

    PARA EXPRESAR UNA SECUENCIA ARGUMENTATIVA


    First, / firstly / first of all (primero, en primer lugar..)
    Secondly / thirdly / another reason is... finally

    PARA EXPRESAR UNA OPINIÓN


    In my opinion, / In my view, / It seems to me that... (me parece que..) / I am convinced that.. / It is
    clear to me that... / As far as I’m concerned (por lo que a mi respecta) / I feel/believe (very strongly)
    that.. (creo (firmemente) que...
    For the simple reason that... (por la sencilla razón de que ...)
    According to… (según…)

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