This is the blog of Thomas Wilk, a blogging, er, Introductory Composition instructor at Hudson Valley Community College. Here I'll recording responses to my ENG 101 classes at HVCC. I'll also post relevant material to our 101 classes here.

Muscle Words: Conjunctive Adverbs

Boring sentences? Try one of these conjunctive adverbs to link two complete ideas together for some strange and fresh brew!


accordingly
afterwards
also
besides
consequently
earlier
finally
first
for example
furthermore
hence
however
indeed
instead
later
likewise
moreover
nevertheless
nonetheless
on the other hand
otherwise
second
similarly
still
then
therefore

And. Please don't ever use "thus." You'll turn into an antiquarian.

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