Phrase · 📑 Academic & legal formulas
No que tange à metodologia, optou-se por entrevistas semiestruturadas.
As regards methodology, semi-structured interviews were chosen.
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Why every word is where it is
No1prepositionin theem + o · masc. · sing. · definiteque1pronounwhattange1verbconcernstanger · present · 3rd sing.àprepositionto thea + a · fem. · sing. · definitemetodologianounmethodologyfem. · sing.,optou2verboptedoptar · past · 3rd sing.-se2pronoun(one)seporprepositionby, for, throughentrevistasnouninterviewsentrevista · fem. · pl.semiestruturadasadjectivesemi-structuredsemiestruturado · fem. · pl..
- tange → metodologia: tanger a: «à» with crase
- optou → por: optar por
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1«no que tange a» = as regards; before a feminine noun, «à» (crase). Formal regência (normative verb government) →
- 2Impersonal «optou-se por» avoids «we» in academic prose. Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →