POSITIVE ADDITION
Children are happy. They are ALSO kind.
Children are BOTH happy and kind.
Children are happy, and kind AS WELL.
Children are happy AS WELL AS kind.
Children are NOT ONLY happy BUT (they are) ALSO kind.
Children are happy. BESIDES, they are also kind.
BESIDES being happy, children are (also) kind.
Children are happy IN ADDITION TO being kind.
NEGATIVE ADDITION
NEITHER men NOR women are safe.
Men are not safe, and NEITHER/NOR are women.
Men are not safe and women aren’t, EITHER.
CONTRAST
I tried to learn Chinese, BUT/YET I failed.
I tried to learn Chinese; HOWEVER/NEVERTHELESS I failed.
ALTHOUGH/EVEN THOUGH/THOUGH I tried to learn Chinese, I failed.
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT/DESPITE THE FACT THAT I tried to learn Chinese, I failed.
IN SPITE OF/DESPITE trying to learn Chinese, I failed.
IN SPITE OF/DESPITE my efforts to learn Chinese, I failed.
I tried to learn Chinese. I failed, THOUGH.
Chinese is difficult to learn for me WHEREAS/WHILE Spanish is much easier.
JOINING IDEAS
ADDING INFORMATION: FURTHERMORE, MOREOVER, SIMILARLY, WHAT’S MORE, ALSO
Poland is a very good country to live. FURTHERMORE/MOREOVER/WHAT’S MORE, it is very safe.
Poland is a very good country to live. It is ALSO very safe.
Poland is a very good country to live. SIMILARLY to Norway, it is very safe.
CONTRASTING IDEAS: HOWEVER, NEVERTHELESS, ON THE OTHER HAND, IN CONTRAST TO
Madrid is very nice. HOWEVER/NEVERTHELESS/ON THE OTHER HAND, it is very crowded.
IN CONTRAST TO Madrid, Barcelona is more multicultural.
CAUSE/REASON
I went on holiday DUE TO/BECAUSE OF/OWING TO/ON ACCOUNT OF my bad mental state.
I wrote this book BECAUSE/AS/SINCE I wanted people to know the truth.
RESULT
I was SO surprised THAT I couldn’t speak!
It was SUCH a nice place THAT we decided to buy a house there.
I didn’t know what to do. AS A RESULT/CONSEQUENTLY/SO/THEREFORE I asked my wife for advice.