Connectors

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Connectors are words or expressions we use, as the name suggests, to connect clauses. What you need to know is that they have nuances of meaning and play a major role in speech and text clearness and cohesion. You will find some below. Try to master them.


Of course / For sure / Definitely / Certainly / Without a doubt

Of course (less formal)
Of course, none of the work carried out by Amnesty could continue without money.
Her advice was of course extremely sensible.
Depressed people can of course make hasty and unwise decisions.
Public government arrangements will, of course, have to take into account the rights and interests of all people in the area.
Of course, if you can take mass transit or bike or walk to your job, you should do so.
Alluding to the aggressive, militaristic U.S. foreign policy, Putin noted correctly that, “it has nothing in common with democracy, of course.”
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For sure (less formal)
It's going to be a difficult task for sure.
That'll for sure make you fat!
We're coming to visit you for sure this summer.
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Definitely
Almost every person over 45, and definitely those who have ever smoked, should have a spirometry test.
I'm the kind of person who just can't wait to get on a train and not know where I'm going. I definitely want to live life to the fullest.
Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience.
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Certainly
Life almost certainly began in space, and specifically in the hearts of comets, rather than on Earth, a new study claims.
He will almost certainly announce that he is running for the U.S. Senate.
We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, quite honestly.

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
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Without a doubt (more formal)
Nuclear power is, without a doubt, the cleanest and the safest way of sustaining growth and protecting the environment at the same time.
Without a doubt, the Romans had achieved a sophisticated level of vine-growing, training the vines, much as today, in parallel rows, and ensuring proper spacing between each plant.
Without a doubt information technology has become the most rapidly developing area of industrial and business activity in the Western world.
The customer is, without a doubt, the most important element in our business.
It was something that shouldn't have happened and it's very regrettable, without a doubt , very regrettable.
I love this camera and would most definitely recommend it to all. It is worth the buy without a doubt!

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