• Connecting Words

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• Use connecting words to add information or ideas to the previous sentence.  Always use connecting words at the beginning of a sentence.

  
  

  It's raining heavily today.  Therefore,* I will wear my raincoat and rain boots when I go out.

  
  

  *Remember! Always use a comma (,) after a connecting word.
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• Connecting Word	Purpose	Example Sentence
  In addition	To give more information	Shipping this package will cost too much.  In addition, it will take too long to reach its destination.
  Furthermore	To give more information	The package was damaged.  Furthermore, it wasn't what I ordered.
  Therefore	To express an end result	The roads are too icy for cars.  Therefore, the postal service will not deliver mail today.
  As a result	To express an end result	There was a big storm yesterday.  As a result, our shipment will arrive one day late.

 Source : Alison