TRANSITIONS

In order to make your narrative coherent and smooth and, even more importantly, to create a sense of structure and argument in your essays, you should insert the appropriate transitions wherever they are needed to help your reader follow your line of thought.  Here some examples:
 

CONJUNCTIONS - (bindeord: ord der sammenkæder ord/sætninger)

1)  coordinating conjunctions (sammenkædende bindeord)
     - sammenkæder ord el. udtryk/sætninger der har lige stor grammatisk vægt

and.................................... (Inge and I attended the lesson)
but..................................... (the man responded quickly but incorrectly)
for..................................... (I burned my tongue, for the soup was still too hot to eat)
nor.....................................(he will not listen, nor will he speak)
or...................................... (I will go to Greece or to Spain)
so...................................... (he seemed distressed, so we discussed the problem)
yet..................................... (the steaks were tender, large, yet tasteless)
 
 

2)  correlative conjunctions (samsvarende bindeord) - bruges altid parvist i forb.m. ord/sætn.

both… and ....................... (both my brother and I love soccer)
either… or  .......................(either you go, or I go)
neither… nor  ...................(she neither laughed nor smiled at the joke)
not only… but also ...........(not only John was late, but also his brother)
whether… or  ...................(whether it is true or (whether it is) false remains to be seen)
 
 

3)  subordinating conjunctions (underordnende bindeord)
    (indleder en bisætning og underordner den i forhold til en hovedsætning), fx:

after                   because               lest (for at ikke)             till
although             before                  now that                        unless
as                       even if                 provided (såfremt)        until
as if                   even though          since                             when
as long as          how                      so that                           whenever
as much as         if                          than                               where
as soon as          inasmuch as         that                                wherever
as though           in order that         though                            while
 
 

4)  conjunctive adverbs (biord der fungerer som overgang mellem sætninger – de står ofte i begyndelsen af sætningen og ofte med komma efter sig), fx

accordingly        finally                  nevertheless                  thus
again                  further(more)       on the other hand           unlike
also                    however              otherwise                      whereas
besides              indeed                  then                               yet
consequently      moreover             therefore
 
 

5)  conjunctions and phrases that express chronology, importance, or contrast:

another
at first                       in the end                          more importantly
at the outset               in the same manner           most import of all
eventually                 later on                             of equal importance
finally                       likewise                           of greter importance
in the beginning         next                                  similarly
 

6) transitions to sum up the previous paragraph or sentence may include words or phrases like the following:

foreshadowing this...,
this mystery is solved when...,
the suspense is carried over into...
 

Interjections - udtrykker følelser som glæde, frygt, smerte, overraskelse
                            (NB + komma efter)

ah         dear           hey       ouch      well     wow
aha       gee             hurray  psst       whew   Yeah
alas      goodness    oh        tsk         whoa



Updated September 2000