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Transition words and phrases show the connection between two similar or different ideas and help to create flow. This guide from Sharon Vogel of the Dalhousie Writing Centre discusses different kinds of transition phrase and the circumstances in which they are used. Updated November 8, 2024
Parentheticals (also known as “interrupters”) are words or phrases that expand on something in a sentence or supply additional, non-essential information. This handout discusses how to use punctuation such as commas, parentheses and dashes to set off parenthetical material from the rest of a sentence.