Useful expressions when writing a comment
Beginning:
I would like to comment on (the problem of / the question whether) …
Giving an opinion:
In my opinion / view
To my mind
I am sure / convinced that
I think / believe / feel that
I am of the opinion that
It seems to me that
The way I see it
Ordering:
First of all / To start / begin with
Firstly, … Secondly, … Finally, …
In the first / second … place
At first …, but then …
To show cause and effect:
as a result, consequently, hence, due to, in view of, on account of, accordingly, for this reason,
therefore.
Adding:
In addition, …
I’d like to add that …
Another point is that …
Furthermore …
and, again, and then, besides, equally important, finally, further, next, what is more, moreover,
as well as, first (second, etc.), not only . . . but
To give an example or an illustration:
for example, for instance, in this case, in another case, take the case of, to illustrate, as an
illustration, to take another example, namely, that is, as shown by, as illustrated by, as
expressed by
To repeat:
as I have said
in brief
as I have noted
as suggested above
as has been noted
Emphasizing:
definitely, extremely, indeed, absolutely, positively, obviously, naturally, always, never, surprisingly, emphatically, without a doubt, certainly, undeniably, without reservation, perennially, forever.
Balancing (pros and cons)
On the one hand … on the other hand
Although …, we mustn’t forget that …
Whereas …, we have to remember that …
In contrast to …
On the contrary …
However …
Drawing a conclusion:
That’s why
For this reason / these reasons
Therefore
As a result
Consequently
It follows that
Taking everything into account
Thus
After quoting evidence you reach a conclusion:
The evidence seems to indicate that...
It must therefore be recognised that...
The indications are therefore that...
It is clear therefore that ...
Thus it could be concluded that...
The evidence seems to be strong that...
On this basis it may be inferred that...
Given this evidence, it can be seen that...
Summarizing:
To sum up
In short
All in all
I’d like to finish by saying …
in brief
in short
on the whole
to conclude
in conclusion
as I have shown
as I have said