Result
What happens or follows from this?
Significado
A result is what happens or what we conclude because of another situation. It can be something that happened, an expected outcome, or a conclusion. Languages may use special linking words or sentence patterns, while some have no separate result marker and rely on context. Cause looks back to what explains a situation, while Result points to what follows from it.
Como identificar
Find the part that states what happens or what can be concluded because of the situation described.
Na tua língua materna
Por isso and então introduce an outcome or a conclusion; portanto is more common in careful or formal writing. The pattern tão/tanto…que links a degree or amount to its result. Tão goes with adjectives and adverbs, while tanto can describe amounts or actions.
O ônibus atrasou, por isso cheguei depois das oito.
Está tudo fechado, então vamos voltar amanhã.
A rua estava tão cheia que fomos por outro caminho.
Tão…que connects the degree of crowding to its result.
Na tua língua de aprendizagem
English uses so to put a result after its cause in the same sentence. As a result and therefore often introduce a new sentence; therefore can also mark a conclusion. English links a degree to a result with so + adjective + that or such + noun phrase + that, where a noun phrase is a group of words built around a noun.
The bus was full, so we waited for the next one.
So introduces the result; the cause comes first.
The road was closed. As a result, the trip took an extra hour.
As a result connects the outcome in this sentence to the previous situation.
The bag was so heavy that I couldn't lift it.
So goes before the adjective heavy; before a noun phrase, use such, as in such a heavy bag.
Learners whose language uses the same degree pattern before adjectives and nouns may write so a heavy bag instead of such a heavy bag. Learners whose language uses one connector for reasons and consequences may reverse because and so.