Monday 1 August 2016

Causal Transitions:

Source: https://msu.edu/~jdowell/135/transw.html


These transitions signal cause/effect and reason/result, etc. . .
Cause/Reason:

 for the (simple) reason that,
 being that,
 for,
 in view of (the fact),
inasmuch as,
 because (of the fact),
 seeing that,
 as,
 owing to (the fact),

 due to (the fact that),
 in that
 since,
 forasmuch as,





Condition:

 on (the) condition (that),
 granted (that),
 if,
 provided that,
 in case,
 in the event that,
 as/so long as,
 unless
 given that,

 granting (that),
 providing that,
 even if,
 only if,





Effect/Result:

 as a result (of this),
 consequently,
 hence,
 for this reason,
 thus,
 because (of this),
 in consequence,
 so that,
 accordingly

 as a consequence,
 so much (so) that,
 so,
 therefore,





Purpose:

 for the purpose of,
 in the hope that,
 for fear that,
 so that,
 with this intention,
 to the end that,
 in order to,
 lest
 with this in mind,
 in order that,
 so as to,
 so,




Consequence:


 under those circumstances,
 then,
 in that case,
 if not,
 that being the case,
 if so,
 otherwise

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