Phrase · 🎓 Academic discourse
Vale destacar que a amostra se restringiu a estudantes de graduação.
It is worth noting that the sample was limited to undergraduate students.
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Why every word is where it is
Vale1verbit is worthvaler · present · 3rd sing.destacar1verbnotinginfinitivequeconjunctionthatadeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteamostranounsamplefem. · sing.se2pronoun(itself)3rdrestringiu2verbwas limitedrestringir · past · 3rd sing.a2prepositiontoestudantesnounstudentsestudante · pl.deprepositionofgraduação3nounundergraduate studiesfem. · sing..
- Vale → destacar: impersonal frame
- se → restringiu: pronominal verb
- restringiu → a: restringir-se a
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Vale destacar que = "it is worth noting that": a lighter academic frame. Academic register: nominalisation, impersonality & hedging →
- 2restringir-se a: pronominal verb; after que the se goes before it. The many 'se's →
- 3graduação = undergraduate degree; pós-graduação = graduate studies.