Monday, March 5, 2018

terminology - What are these extra phrases added to the beginning of sentences called?


I find that my students are using a lot of these phrases at the beginning of their sentences:




  • First...

  • First of all...

  • To begin with...

  • All in all...

  • The other reason is that...

  • Above all...

  • At last but not least...

  • Taking all the reasons and examples into consideration...

  • In a word...



Do these phrases have a common name?


Is there a special term for such phrases when they do not add any meaning to the sentence they are added to?




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