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Linking Words and Structures

It is essential to understand how Linking Words, as a part of speech, can be used to combine ideas in writing - and thus ensure that ideas within sentences and paragraphs are elegantly connected - for the benefit of the reader.

Join
with
She is tall and striking, with long blonde hair.
Relative Clauses
who/which/whose
My neighbour, who is slightly eccentric, has dozens of filthy cats.
Result
so/such (a)... (that)
She is so beautiful (that) she looks like a film star.
Addition
in addition to
as well as/besides
moreover
furthermore
not only ... but also ...
He is very tall, in addition to being very thin.
Contrast
but/yet/However/Nonetheless/Even so + clause
Although/(Even) though/While + clause
In spite of/Despite + -ing form/noun/the fact that
Although he has a huge, powerful body, he's a very gentle person.
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