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 that→plus
plus to→plus
Say it for a higher band
5and→6also (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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