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Conjunctive Adverbs

Conjunctive adverbs join only independent clauses, not words, phrases or dependent clauses. These adverbs relate the ideas of the clauses to each other. When conjunctive adverbs join clauses, they are used with a  semicolon, and are almost always also set off with a comma. Common conjunctive adverbs are: 
 
  • accordingly  
  • also  
  • anyway 
  • besides 
  • certainly 
  • consequently 
  • finally 
  • further 
  • furthermore 
  • hence 
    • however 
    • incidentally 
    • indeed 
    • instead 
    • likewise 
    • meanwhile 
    • moreover 
    • namely 
    • nevertheless 
    • next
  • nonetheless 
  • now 
  • otherwise 
  • similarly 
  • still 
  • then 
  • thereafter 
  • therefore 
  • thus 
  • undoubtedly 
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