Breakdown of La ciudad atrae a más jóvenes; por lo tanto, hay más empleo.
joven
young / young person
la ciudad
the city
a
personal a (marks a person object)
más
more; else (anything else, nobody else)
hay
there is / there are
atraer
to attract
por lo tanto
therefore
el empleo
the employment
Questions & Answers about La ciudad atrae a más jóvenes; por lo tanto, hay más empleo.
How does por lo tanto work in this sentence, and is it different from entonces?
Por lo tanto means "therefore" and acts as a consecutive connector, meaning it introduces the logical result of the first phrase. While you could use entonces (so/then) in everyday conversation, por lo tanto is slightly more formal and emphasizes the logical cause-and-effect relationship perfectly for this context.
Why do we need the a in atrae a más jóvenes?
This is a great example of the "personal a". Because jóvenes (young people) are human beings acting as the direct object of the verb atraer (to attract), Spanish requires you to put an a right before them.
Why does the sentence use jóvenes instead of personas jóvenes?
Is the semicolon before por lo tanto required?
Yes, usually! When formal connectors like por lo tanto or por consiguiente link two complete, independent sentences, they are traditionally preceded by a semicolon (or a full stop) and followed by a comma.
Why is it más empleo (singular) rather than más empleos (plural)?
Empleo is being used here as an uncountable noun meaning "employment" in a broad, economic sense. You could say más empleos if you specifically meant "more jobs", but más empleo is very natural for talking about the general job market.
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