what are complex linking words

Dear all teachers,

what are complex linking words ?

Can you give me some website links ?

Many thanks

duiter said:

Dear all teachers,

what are complex linking words ?

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I do not know. MY uneducated guess is they are intransitive complex verb phrases followed by adjectives or nouns that relate to the subject of the sentence.

It must have been love.

duiter said:

Can you give me some website links ?

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I can't, sorry.

I fear that Corum's guess is a little wide of the mark.

Linking words is a term that covers words joining sentences, clauses and/or words, such as:

and, or, but, as, because, although, before, meanwhile, however.

I have not come across the expression complex linking words.

Where did you find it, duiter? Can you give a little more context?

Dear fivejedjon,


Thanks a lot for your answer


complex linking words

Linking words are considered gold dust in IELTS Writing and Speaking and task one is no exception. For a typical 150 word answer it is recommended that the answer contains between 5 and 8 complex linking words. Simply using “firstly secondly thirdly finally” will not achieve a high score. More importantly an answer without linking words will immediately be marked down.

see : Academic Task One – Graphs and Charts
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Many thnaks

QUOTE=duiter;686234]Dear fivejedjon,


Thanks a lot for your answer


complex linking words

Linking words are considered gold dust in IELTS Writing and Speaking and task one is no exception. For a typical 150 word answer it is recommended that the answer contains between 5 and 8 complex linking words. Simply using “firstly secondly thirdly finally” will not achieve a high score. More importantly an answer without linking words will immediately be marked down.

see : Academic Task One – Graphs and Charts
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Many thnaks[/QUOTE]


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Duiter,


After reading your link, I am guessing that "complex

linking words" is another term for transitional elements.

In the link, they used many of them in the example

sentences:

in fact

furthermore

in addition to

for example

nevertheless

conclusively

on the contrary

however


THANK YOU & HAVE A NICE DAY

Hello again, duiter.

I can only assume that the writer means something like 'more sophisticated than just firstly, secondly, etc or and, but.'

Some examples are here:

• Conjunctions
• Conjuncts
• Coordinating Conjunctions

There are plenty of sites if you google 'linking words' - forget 'complex'. One of the first I found was Linking words - english-at-home.com

That answer will have to suffice for the moment. If there is in fact a technical term 'complex linking words', let's hope somebody who knows it will look at this thread and give you a better answer.

p.s. I posted my response at about the same time as Parser posted his. Fortunately we seem to be in agreement.

hi Duiter,

complex linking words are those which used in complex sentences. A complex sentence has an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator, "complex linking words", such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

corum said:

Linking word, not verb. I misread the post. .hit happens, sorry.

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Well, I referred to the Passive Voice as a mood in another thread not long ago. As you say, it happens,

fivejedjon said:

Well, I referred to the Passive Voice as a mood

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Randolph Quirk, eat my heart out! EDIT: Sorry, yours, not mine! :-D

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/eat-your-heart-out#eat-your-heart-out__1

Did an inner voice say this to you when you were in a bad mood?

sash2008 said:

complex linking words are those which used in complex sentences. A complex sentence has an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator, "complex linking words", such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

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I don't think this is what the writer of the article means. I think he or she is referring to linking words that are less obvious and seen as more sophisticated. The person specifically states that firstly/secondly don't score highly, so I fail to see how because is going to be 'gold dust'.

Dear Tdol,


Would you mind giving some examples of more sophisticated and less obvious complex linking words ?


Many thanks

I also have not personally come across the term 'complex linking words', but am inclined, after perusing the various answers ventured here, to concur that it must indeed refer to multi-word conjuncts/transitional expressions, such as on the other hand, that being said, in light of the above, etc.

duiter said:

Would you mind giving some examples of more sophisticated and less obvious complex linking words ?

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I gave a few links in Post #6. There are some there.