Words to Use in Academic Writing

                 Words to Use in Academic Writing

Below is a handy list of words that are both useful and appropriate to academic language.

Describing similarities

• Likewise
• Correspondingly
• Equally
• Not only… but also
• In the same way
• Similarly

Showing cause and effect

• Consequently
• As a result
• Thus(Use instead of "so")
• Hence (never ‘hence why’)
• Since (try to avoid ‘as’ when showing cause and effect)
• Because
• Therefore(Use instead of "so")
• Accordingly
• This suggests that
• It follows that
• For this reason

Comparing and contrasting

• Alternatively
• However(Use instead of "but")
• Conversely
• On the other hand
• Instead
• Yet
• On the contrary

Showing limitation or contradiction

• Despite/in spite of
• While (not whilst!)
• Even so
• On the contrary
• Nevertheless
• Nonetheless
• Although
• Admittedly

Emphasis, addition or examples

• To illustrate
• To clarify
• Further (not ‘furthermore’)?? (Use furthermore instead of "and")
• First, second and third (not firstly, secondly and thirdly)
• For instance
• Moreover(Use instead of "and")
• Typically
• Especially
• In fact
• Namely
• In addition(Use instead of "and")

Concluding

• To summarise
• It can be concluded that
• As can be seen
• Ultimately
• Given the above
• As described
• Finally

       Reference: https://m.eliteediting.com.au/50-linking-words-to-use-in-academic-writing/

                                                                 By: Dr. Hafiz M. Kashif Saleem, M.D. 

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