IMPROVE YOUR WRITING LINKERS OF REASON AND RESULT

IMPROVE YOUR WRITING: LINKERS OF REASON AND RESULT

LINKERS OF REASON

Subject + Verb + BECAUSE / AS / SINCE + Subject + Verb CAUSE He thought he should read something about Sweden since he was going to be living there for some time.

Other linkers that introduce a subordinate clause of reason: - Seeing that He had to apologize seeing that he had made a mistake.

- For (in formal or literary written English) He must begin planning now, for the future may bring unexpected changes.

BECAUSE OF + Noun Phrase, Subject + Verb DUE TO OWING TO ON ACCOUNT OF AS A RESULT OF AS A CONSEQUENCE OF Due to budget cuts, this year we have less money to invest in education.

Thanks to suggests that there is some cause for gratitude. She was given a scholarship thanks to her excellent grades.

LINKERS OF RESULT

Subject + Verb, SO Subject + Verb Effect There was nothing good on TV, so Peter decided to go to bed.

Subject + Verb. THEREFORE, Subject + Verb AS A RESULT Effect AS A CONSEQUENCE CONSEQUENTLY IN CONSEQUENCE (+ formal) FOR THIS REASON THUS (very formal)

There has been a rise in the number of accidents. As a result, the government has decided to lower the speed limit.

Hence is really formal and it substitutes phrases such as which leads to or which is the reason for. I fell off the bike - hence the bruises. Our server was down, hence the delay in responding