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I am writing a formal essay. I want to give a new argument in another paragraph so I begin the new paragraph with "Apart from the (last paragraph argument)..." However, my teacher said Apart from is an inappropriate connective. I am confused since I don't know which connectives can substitute for Apart from. Can anybody help me?

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Difficult to answer without knowing the full context. Did your teacher say why it was inappropriate or suggest an alternative? If not, you could try asking. – Barrie England Nov 7 '12 at 7:34
I don't like "apart from" either, but I understand it without having to think and it works for me. It's just a style preference on your teacher's part, I'm sure. In addition to the suggestions below, you might try "Except for the argument above, [there are no refutations that disprove all the axioms of the Z Theory]", or a longer transitional phrase, e.g., "Although the argument above [disproves all the axioms of the Z Theory], no other refutation does". – Bill Franke Nov 7 '12 at 8:26
As an aside: how to choose between a and an – Matt Эллен Nov 7 '12 at 10:30
As Barrie has pointed out, at the very least we'll need some context to so much as begin to guess what your teacher's reasoning might be, while your teacher has all the context, knows for sure what his reasoning is, can tell you exactly what he expects and why, and is paid to do just that. (On a more general note, if you have a question to a person you are talking to, ask the question to the person you are talking to, rather than to a random group of strangers off the Internet.) – RegDwighт♦ Nov 7 '12 at 11:06

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You could say "even so", "nervetheless", or "the previous notwithstanding".

Did your teacher say why "apart from" was an inappropriate connectvie?

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Context is must for this type of questions. You can use rather than, even so, Nevertheless, Except in place of Apart from.Out of Curiosity, you should ask your teacher why it is an inappropriate connective.

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  • Besides,
  • Other than ...
  • Independently,
  • Also,
  • On top of that,
  • Nevertheless,
  • Additionally,
  • Regardless, [just not, for God's sake Irregardless!!!]
  • In addition to...
  • Despite that, [if the argument somewhat opposes the previous one]

...but these all can only reasonably replace Apart from..., which normally would go in situation you presented - so they may be just as wrong. It might imply the teacher didn't mean that particular phrase but somehow your attempt to connect the paragraphs like that was a wrong idea? Say, your other argument was a direct effect of the first, so it would definitely not be "apart from", but "and especially"?

It would be best if you post the "offending" paragraphs.

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