connector sentence

Connector Chart

COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS	CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS	SUBORDINATING  CONJUNCTIONS	LINKING ADVERBS / TRANSITION WORDS
These join two words, phrases or independent clause. They mostly occur mid-sentence with a comma placed before the conjunction.  They may also occur at the beginning of a sentence – note.	These join equivalent sentence elements such as one noun phrase with another noun phrase. These occur as paired words.  (Also see Focusing Adverbs.)	These join a dependent clause to an independent clause. They occur at the beginning of sentences with a comma separating the clause mid-sentence or they occur mid-sentence with no comma.	These join two independent clauses or sentences. They can be used at the beginning of a sentence or mid- sentence (with punctuation). They transition the reader from the thought of one sentence to the thought in the next.
He talked and listened. (same subject) He talked, and I listened (different subjects) She was tired, so we left.	Both his project and hers ended. Neither he nor she knows how to ski. You car uses more gas than this one. This computer is as fast as that one.	Though it rained, we went. We went though it rained. Besides being cold, we were hungry. We were hungry besides being cold.	We wanted to go. However, it rained. We wanted to go; however, it rained. We wanted to go; it rained, however. In addition, it was windy and cold.
ADDITION and, also, and also	ADDITION both...and, not only ...also, not only ... but also, and...too, and so	ADDITION besides, in addition to	ADDITION / ORDERING in addition, furthermore, moreover, additionally, besides, firstly, secondly, next, finally
ALTERNATIVE or, nor	ALTERNATIVE either...or, neither...nor , rather than (1)	ALTERNATIVE rather than(2)	ALTERNATIVE instead, as an alternative, otherwise, rather
CAUSE-EFFECT so, for	CAUSE-EFFECT so...that, such...that	CAUSE-EFFECT  (reason) because, since, now that, as, in order, as long as, inasmuch, because of, due to, owing to, so that, in order that, if only because	CAUSE-EFFECT therefore, consequently, as a consequence, as a result, thus, hence, accordingly
COMPARISON	COMPARISON as…as, more...than, less...than	COMPARISON as (like), as if, as though	COMPARISON In the same way, Similarly, In contrast, Unlike X, Y
CONDITION or else	CONDITION whether.. or not	CONDITION if, only if, unless, even if, whether,   whether or not,   provided (that),   in case,   in the event (that)	CONDITION otherwise, in the event (that), anyway, anyhow
CONTRAST but, yet, but still, but anyway	CONTRAST neither... nor	CONTRAST (contrary outcome) although, even though, though, while, whereas, despite,  in spite of, regardless of	CONTRAST nevertheless, nonetheless, however, on the one hand, on the other hand, in contrast to, in contrast, on the contrary
EMPHASIS	EMPHASIS	EMPHASIS	EMPHASIS indeed, in fact, of course, certainly
PLACE	PLACE	PLACE where, wherever	PLACE
TIME	TIME	TIME after, before, when, while, since, as, until, as soon as, by the time, once	TIME first, second, next, then, finally, previously, now, presently, next, still, meanwhile, subsequently, afterward

Note: For some writers, a coordinating conjunction (and, but, so, etc.) is only used between two independent clauses (separated by a comma.) That is, a conjunction is not used at the beginning of a sentence. However, grammarians do not support this notion. Conjunctions at the beginning of a sentence (comments by Fowler, Merriam-Webster and other grammarians.)