Conjunctive Adverbs - 1

Conjunctive adverbs (which are sometimes also called sentence connectors or transitional words) are commonly used in serious business, technical, and academic writing. Conjunctive adverbs are.similar in meaning to other types of connecting words such as and, but, or, etc., but they have one very important difference: they join sentences, not parts of sentences. Conjunctive adverbs also have special punctuation: with them, a semicolon or a period is used after the first sentence, and a comma is usually used after the conjunctive adverb. After the comma, the connected sentence follows. Following are some common conjunctive adverbs, plus general comments on their usage: CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB accordingly as a result consequently therefore however in contrast on the other hand in addition also besides similarly furthermore moreover nevertheless nonetheless still otherwise USAGE showing results showing results showing results showing results showing general contrasts showing direct contrasts showing direct contrasts showing additional information showing additional information showing additional information showing additional information adding stronger information adding stronger information showing unexpected results showing unexpected results showing unexpected results if not Special Note: Conjunctive adverbs are challenging to use appropriately because they have special requirements for the kinds of ideas and information that they connect. There will be further information on conjunctive adverbs in the next several Hints of the Day.