ENGLISH LINKERS AND CONNECTORS
REASON AND CAUSE
Linker
Because / Since / As / Seeing Porque / Ya que / Puesto
that
Because of / On account of /
Debido a
Owing to / Due to
Linker
In order to / So as to
In order that / So that
Linker
Consequently / As a
consequence / As a result /
Therefore
As a consequence of / As a
result of
Translation Usage
Introduce a sentence.
Subordinate sentences
introduced by 'because'
que / Pues
always appear in final
position.
Introduce a noun phrase.
PURPOSE
Translation Usage
Introduce an infinitive of
Con el fin de / Para / A fin de
purpose.
Introduce a sentence of
Para que
purpose.
CONSEQUENCE
Translation Usage
Como consecuencia / Como
Introduce a consequence.
resultado / Por eso / Por lo
Followed by a comma.
tanto
Como consecuencia de /
Followed by a noun phrase
Como resultado de

Linker
In spite of / Despite
Although / Even though
However / Nevertheless /
Still / Yet / Even so / On the
contrary / In contrast
On the one hand On the
other hand.
In contrast to / Contrary to / A diferencia de /
Unlike
Whereas
Linker
Moreover / Furthermore / In
addition / Besides / What is Adems
more
As well as / In addition to
CONTRAST
Translation Usage
Link two contrasting ideas.
A pesar de / Pese a
Followed by a noun phrase.
Link two contrasting ideas.
Aunque / A pesar de que
Followed by a sentence.
Introduce a new idea wich
Aun as / A pesar de / Pero / marks contrast with
Sin embargo previously stated ideas.
Followed by a comma.
Por un lado / Por una
Link two contrasting ideas
parte Por otro lado / Por el
or paragraphs
otro lado / Por otra parte
Links two contrasting ideas.
Contrariamente Followed by a noun phrase.
Links two contrasting ideas.
Mientras que
Not separated by commas.
ADDITION
Translation Usage
Used to add one more piece
of information of a given
topic. Followed by a comma.
Used to add one more piece
of information of a given
Adems de
topic. Followed by a noun
phrase.
 EXEMPLIFICATION

Linker Translation Usage

Introduces an example.
For example Por ejemplo Usually followed by a
comma.
Introduce an example.
Such as / For instance Tal como / Por ejemplo Usually preceded by a
comma.