Phrase · 🎓 Academic discourse
Convém salientar que a pesquisa ainda está em andamento.
It is worth pointing out that the research is still in progress.
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Why every word is where it is
Convém1verbit is worthconvir · present · 3rd sing.salientar1verbpointing outinfinitivequeconjunctionthatadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitepesquisa2nounresearchfem. · sing.ainda3adverbstillestáverbisestar · present · 3rd sing.emprepositioninandamentonounprogressmasc. · sing..
- Convém → salientar: impersonal frame
- pesquisa → está: subject–verb
- está → andamento: em andamento
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Convém salientar que = "it is worth pointing out that": impersonal and formal. Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →
- 2Academic research is pesquisa; investigação suggests an inquiry.
- 3ainda = "still"; todavia means "however".