1. Personal opinion
   1. In my opinion/ view
   2. I am inclined to believe that
   3. It seems to me that
   4. As far as i am concerned
   5. I think that
   6. It is my firm belief that
   7. I am convinced that
   8. To my mind
   9. To my way of thinking
   10. From my point of view
2. To list advantages and disadvantages
   1. One (dis)advantage of [-ing].... is that of (not) [-ing]....
   2. Another / One other / A further (dis)advantage of [-ing].... is that of (not) [-ing]....
   3. The main / The greatest / the first (dis)advantage of [-ing].... is that of (not) [-ing]....
3. To list points
   1. BEGINNING
      1. Firstly / First of all / In the first place
      2. To start with / To begin with
   2. CONTINUING
      1. Secondly / Thirdly ...
      2. After this /that / Afterwards / Then / Next
   3. CONCLUDING
      1. Finally /Lastly / Last but not least
4. To add more points to the same topic
   1. What is more / Furthermore
   2. Apart from this /that
   3. In addition (to this) / Moreover / Besides (this)
   4. ... not to mention the fact that
   5. Not only is ..... , but it is also one that.... / .... is both .... and ...
5. To express purpose
   1. ...., so that ....
   2. ..... , so as to / in order to ....
   3. .... , in case ....
   4. .... with the purpose / intention of ...
6. To express cause
   1. because / due to the fact that /since / as / Owing to the fact of ...
   2. In view of / Because of / Owing to ....
   3. For this reason
   4. .... now that ....
   5. Seeing that ...... , ....
7. To express effect
   1. thus / therefore / so / consequently
   2. as a result / as a consequence
8. To refer to other sources
   1. With reference to ... , ...
   2. According to .... , ...
9. To clarify / rephrase
   1. In other words ...
   2. That is to say ...
   3. To put in another way ....
10. To express exception
    1. .... apart from / but / except (for) ....
11. To express similarity
    1. .... , similarly / likewise / in the same way , ....
12. To express condition
    1. ...on the condition that ....
    2. ... provided / providing (that) ...
    3. ... only if ...
    4. ... as long as ...
13. To express the consequence of a condition
    1. .... , consequently / then / so / which case, ....
    2. ..., if so, .... if not / otherwise , ...
14. To conclude
    1. Finally / Lastly ...
    2. All in all ...
    3. Taking everything into account / consideration ...
    4. On the whole ...
    5. All things considered ...
    6. In conclusion ...
    7. On balance ...
    8. For the above mentioned reasons ...
    9. Therefore I fell that ...
    10. To sum up ...
15. Summarising
    1. In short ...
    2. Briefly ...
    3. To put it briefly ...
16. Time
    1. ... when / whenever / before / until / till / after ...
    2. ... since ...
    3. ... as he ...
    4. ... while ...
    5. ... now that ...
17. Reference
    1. ... regarding / concerning ...
    2. ... with respect / regard / reference to ...
    3. ... in regard / reference to ...
18. To empathise a point
    1. Indeed
    2. Naturally
    3. Clearly
    4. Obviously
    5. Of course
    6. Needless to say
19. To express reality
    1. It is a fact that
    2. In effect
    3. In fact as a matter of fact / the fact of the matter is (that)
    4. Actually
    5. In practice
    6. Indeed
20. To express the difference between appearance and reality
    1. Initially / At first, ... but .....
21. To give examples
    1. For instance /For example , ....
    2. .... , such as / like ....
    3. .... particularly / in particular / especially ....
22. To make general statements
    1. As a (general ) rule ....
    2. By and large ...
    3. Generally / In general ...
    4. On the whole ...
23. To make partially correct statements
    1. Up to a point .... but ....
    2. To a certain extent / degree
    3. To some extent degree
    4. In a sense
    5. In a way
    6. To a limited extent
24. To express limit of knowledge
    1. To my best of my knowledge
    2. As far as I know
25. To state other people's opinion
    1. It is popularly believed that ...
    2. People often claim that ...
    3. It is often alleged that ...
    4. Some people / Many argue that ...
    5. Most people feel that ...
    6. Some people point out that ...
    7. Contary to popular belief, ...
26. To make contrasting points
    1. .... yet / however / nevertheless / but / even so / still / nonetheless ....
    2. Although / Even though / Regardless of the fact that .... , ....
    3. In spite of the fact that / Despite the fact that / While ..., ....
27. To express balance
    1. Opponents of .... argue / claim /believe that .....
    2. While it is true to say that .... , in fact .....
    3. the fact that .... contradicts the belief / idea that .....
28. Negative addition
    1. Neither ... nor ... are ...
    2. ... is not ....; Nor / Neither is ....
    3. ... is not .... and .... is not either
29. To give an alternative
    1. .... either ... or .....
    2. On the other hand / Alternatively , ...
30. To express comparison
    1. .... is as .... as ...
    2. .... is more .... than ...
    3. .... is twice as ... as ...
    4. .... is less .... than ...