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Phrase · 🧠 Complex argumentation

Por um lado, a medida reduz custos; por outro, aumenta a desigualdade.

On the one hand, the measure cuts costs; on the other, it increases inequality.

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Why every word is where it is

Porprepositionby, for, throughumdetermineroneladonounsidemasc. · sing.,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitemedidanounmeasurefem. · sing.reduzverbreducesreduzir · present · 3rd sing.custosnouncostscusto · masc. · pl.;porprepositionby, for, throughoutro1pronoun(the) othermasc. · sing.,aumenta1verbincreasesaumentar · present · 3rd sing.adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definitedesigualdadenouninequalityfem. · sing..
  • Por → outro: por um lado… por outro
  • medida → aumenta: same subject, elided

Why it's built this way

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    «por outro (lado)»: the second «lado» and the subject are elided. Cohesion & reference in sophisticated texts →