On "What" Other Hand?

Your teachers will be forever grateful if you learn to use transitions correctly. One of the most commonly misused: "on the other hand" when the student really means "in addition."

Think of "on the other hand" as a big, long wordy "but." I must say, as a reader and a teacher, that seeing "on the other hand" in the wrong place is, at the very least, confusing. 

Here is a little table of commonly used transitions and their uses:

Listing Points	Counter Examples	Additional Ideas	Cause and Effect
first	However	Another	Therefore
second	Even though	Related to	Thus
third	On the other hand (!)	In addition to	As a result of
	Nevertheless	Furthermore	Consequently
	But	Also

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