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Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation

A meu ver, os benefícios superam os custos.

In my view, the benefits outweigh the costs.

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Why every word is where it is

Aprepositionto, atmeudeterminermy1st sing.ver1nounviewmasc. · sing.,osdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definitebenefíciosnounbenefitsbenefício · masc. · pl.superamverboutweighsuperar · present · 3rd pl.osdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definitecustosnouncostscusto · masc. · pl..
  • meu → ver: a meu ver: infinitive used as noun
  • benefícios → superam: benefícios → superam

Why it's built this way

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  1. 1
    «a meu ver» = in my view: the infinitive «ver» works as a noun, without article. Literary syntax: conjunctionless conditionals, em + gerund, nominal infinitive →