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Q&A 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 l...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Village‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:05:54Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/8955
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Village‭ · 2019-12-08T03:05:54Z (almost 5 years ago)
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?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-09-22T04:36:01Z (about 11 years ago)
Original score: 2