176 English Grammar Demystifi ed
- We’ve been recycling plastic, glass, and newspapers, our town says we need
to do more. - I have to work at home tomorrow, my offi ce is being painted.
- I’m trying to save energy at home, we’ve lowered the thermostat and
switched to energy-saving lightbulbs.
USING CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
Other conjunctions such as however, therefore, furthermore,and nevertheless also
join independent clauses to one another and express relationships between them.
Notice that these longer conjunctions, also called transitional words or conjunctive
adverbs, are preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma:
Sunday was the hottest day of the summer; consequently, we decided to go to
the beach.What relationship does consequently express in this sentence? Clearly, the second
clause is a result of the fi rst clause.
Here is a more complete list of transitional words:
after all also as a result
besides consequently fi nally
for example furthermore hence
however in addition incidentally
indeed in fact in other words
instead likewise meanwhile
moreover nevertheless next
nonetheless on the contrary on the other hand
otherwise still then
therefore thus