conjunction / informal linker · informal

plus

/plʌs/PLUS

speaking

used informally to add another fact or point

Examples

The train is cheap, plus it goes directly to the city centre.

He’s got experience plus a degree in engineering.

The weather was bad, plus we ran out of money.

Band 8 sentence

The policy reduces emissions and, plus, provides incentives for green technology adoption.

Collocations

  • plus + noun / clause
  • X is expensive, plus Y.

Word family

plus (prep/conj) preposition / conjunctionplus (n) noun

Common mistakes

plus thatplus

plus toplus

Say it for a higher band

5and6also (avoid in formal writing)7+plus

Synonyms

and

on top of that

Easily confused

and

She has a car and a motorbike.

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