Phrase · 🎓 Academic discourse
Para tanto, foram analisados 120 questionários.
To this end, 120 questionnaires were analysed.
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Why every word is where it is
Para1prepositiontotanto1pronounthat end,foram2verbwereser · past · 3rd pl.analisados2verbanalysedanalisar · participle · masc. · pl.120determiner120questionáriosnounquestionnairesquestionário · masc. · pl..
- Para → tanto: connector
- foram → questionários: subject–verb (postposed)
- analisados → questionários: participle agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Para tanto = "to this end": links the method to the aim. Discourse connectors for argument & writing →
- 2The passive puts the subject after the verb: foram analisados agrees with 120 questionários. Stylistic inversion & emphatic word order →