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9/30 list of transitionals and example of their use

Please pay attention to the punctuation.  An easier-to-see version is posted in Files.   Here the margins and numbered list are all wrong!   SINGLE-WORD TRANSITIONALS I1.  ACCORDINGLY  

15. INSTEAD
16. ACTUALLY 16. LIKEWISE
17. AGAIN 17. MEANWHILE
18. ALSO 18. MOREOVER
19. BESIDES 19. NEVERTHELESS
20. CONSEQUENTLY 20. NEXT
21. ESSENTIALLY 21. NONETHELESS
22. FINALLY 22. OTHERWISE
23. FIRST (SECOND, THIRD, etc.) 23. SIMILARLY
24. FURTHERMORE 24. STILL
25. HENCE 25. SUBSEQUENTLY
26. HENCEFORTH 26. THEN
27. HOWEVER 27. THEREFORE
28. INDEED 28. THUS

WORD-GROUP TRANSITIONALS

1. AS A MATTER OF FACT 12. IN OTHER WORDS
2. AS A RESULT 13. IN SUMMARY
3. FOR EXAMPLE 14. IN THE FIRST PLACE
4. FOR INSTANCE (SECOND, etc.)
5. IN ADDITION 15. IN THE MEANTIME
6. IN ANY EVENT 16. IN THE SAME WAY
7. IN BRIEF 17. ON THE CONTRARY
8. IN CONCLUSION 18. ON THE ONE HAND
9. IN EFFECT 19. ON THE OTHER HAND
10. IN ESSENCE 20. ON THE WHOLE
11. IN FACT 21. TO BEGIN WITH
12. TO SUM UP

                        Remember to use period, semicolons, and commas appropriately with the following :  

1. (between two clauses joined by semicolon):

  A Clockwork Orange is a thought-provoking film; however, it digressed from the novel too much.   “however” here starts a new clause following the semicolon.  

2. (between two separate sentences)

       A Clockwork Orange is an intriguing book.    I feel, however, the film is even better.  (Note the use of two commas because the transitional interrupts a sentence.)   3.(between two paragraphs)   Burgess’ novel was way ahead of its time. ← (consider this the end of a paragraph) ¶ Furthermore, Kubrick’s depiction of a future culture saturated with sexual images was prescient.  “Furthermore” starts a new sentence or new paragraph.   ¶  shows where a new paragraph starts.  You do not actually draw the symbol in!