Phrase · 🎤 Debating
Se por um lado a tecnologia aproxima, por outro ela isola.
While technology brings people closer, it also isolates them.
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Why every word is where it is
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- por um lado → por outro: two sides
- tecnologia → aproxima: subject
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Se por um lado…, por outro…: indicative, because both sides are presented as true. Discourse connectors for argument & writing →