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But other aspects - identifying different types of adverbs or distinguishing between subordinating and co-ordinating connectives - might raise eyebrows.

From BBC • May 13, 2013

Throw in a few connectives to ease yourself in.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2013

You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like "and" that allow you to make longer expressions.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2012

What I Did Last Summer,'' her students begin with two weeks of literary logic�causation, connectives, transitions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Too many connectives can make it seem as if an author is belaboring the obvious or patronizing the reader, and it can give prose a pedantic feel.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker