Concessive and Consequential Connectors

Level 4

Concessive connectors oppose an expectation; consequential connectors introduce a result or inference.

How It Works

Tanmateix and no obstant això introduce something that remains true despite the preceding information. Per tant and en conseqüència introduce a conclusion or result. Choose the relation before selecting a connector; they are not interchangeable decorations.

These connectors can connect complete sentences. A full stop or semicolon before them and a comma after an initial connector often make the structure easy to read. A conjunction such as però has a different syntactic role and does not always require the same punctuation.

An inference is not necessarily an event caused in time: the lights being on can support the conclusion that somebody is home. Make the evidence and conclusion explicit enough for the reader to follow.

Examples (3)

  1. És difícil; tanmateix, ho intentarem.

    It is difficult; nevertheless, we will try.

  2. No hi ha places; per tant, no podem entrar.

    There are no places; therefore, we cannot enter.

  3. Plovia. No obstant això, van sortir.

    It was raining. Even so, they went out.

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Concessive and Consequential ConnectorsLevel 4

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Identify basic clause connections before choosing a more specialized discourse connector.

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