Phrase · 🎓 Academic discourse
Cabe ressaltar que os dados são preliminares.
It should be stressed that the data are preliminary.
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Why every word is where it is
Cabe1verbit is fittingcaber · present · 3rd sing.ressaltar1verbto stressinfinitivequeconjunctionthatosdeterminertheo · masc. · pl. · definitedados2noundatadado · masc. · pl.são2verbareser · present · 3rd pl.preliminaresadjectivepreliminarypreliminar · masc. · pl..
- Cabe → ressaltar: impersonal frame
- dados → são: subject–verb
- dados → preliminares: agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Cabe + infinitive ("it should be noted") is an impersonal academic frame. Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →
- 2os dados is plural: os dados são, never é. Agreement norms in formal writing (concordância) →
Variations
- Vale destacar que os dados ainda são preliminares.
- É importante ressaltar que os dados são preliminares.