Business English: Linking Arguements

Word List on Linking Arguments

Linking Arguments
First of all, I think …
Not only that, but I also think that …
Not only are they …, they are also …
They are not …, nor are they …
There are various/several/many reasons for this.
First, … / Firstly, …
Second, … / Secondly, …
Moreover, … / Furthermore, … / In addition, …
Another significant point is that …
Finally, …
On the one hand, … On the other hand, …
In contrast to this is …
Because of …
That is why …
After all, …
The reason is that …
In that respect …
The result of this is that …
Another aspect/point is that …
It is because …
Although it is true that … it would be wrong to claim that …
That may sometimes be true, but …
One could argue that …, but …
Providing Examples
Take for example (the case of) …
Look at …
For instance … / For example …
Let me give you an example.
Additions and Conclusion
Most probably …
It appears to be …
It is important to mention that…
As I already indicated …
In other words, …
I am most concerned about …
I should like to repeat once again that …
I should like to emphasise that …
I would (just) like to add …
So all in all I believe that…
(In) summing up it can be said that …
Weighing the pros and cons, I come to the conclusion that …
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