Not to mention their extra service: if you know and use them well, they give you time to figure out what you are going to say after them.
For example, when you start your sentence with “as a matter of fact”, you have about 1.5 seconds to put together what you actually want to say.
Fluentu dot com published a great blog post presenting 37 of the most frequent and most practical English connectors.
If you click on the link below you will find
- definitions,
- example sentences
- and tips on how to use these words and phrases,
such as “due to”, “as a result”, “therefore”, “consequently”, “as a matter of fact”, “likewise”, “on the contrary”, and many more…
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-connectors/