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    Emphatic form/help

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    Emphatic form/help
    Message from darknesswar posted on 22-07-2012 at 15:56:14 (D | E | F)
    Hello,

    Could you please help me with this question:?

    "We do our homework."
    How could I write it in the emphatic form ?
    Thank you for your help.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 22-07-2012 22:06



    Re: Emphatic form/help from lemagemasque, posted on 22-07-2012 at 17:56:17 (D | E)
    Hello,

    Emphatic Form = subject + auxiliary in the present simple or in the preterite + verb without -to
    The action is in the past or being done?
    Goodbye!

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    Edited by lemagemasque on 22-07-2012 18:13
    Sorry for the mistake, gerondif.
    I replaced my answer by a question.





    Re: Emphatic form/help from gerondif, posted on 22-07-2012 at 18:05:27 (D | E)
    Hello,

    do in the affirmative form means you insist
    We did do our homework !!
    does is wrong with we.

    I do love you! We do love you !
    He does live in Sydney !!

    I think two "do" in a row would sound awkward.
    (I mean by that that if I am the one speaking, of course I will stress the first do and the listener will know that i insist. If I read the sentence, I will have to think that it is a form of insistance and I will be off balance for a second or two)
    I do do my homework regularly !! I would use "really" to avoid that:
    I really do my homework regularly.

    Thank you for helping me! Thank you for reading this post.




    Re: Emphatic form/help from traviskidd, posted on 23-07-2012 at 00:44:05 (D | E)
    Hello.

    Nothing wrong with two "do"s in a row.
    I do do my homework, so stop saying I don't!
    It's similar to two "had"s.
    Well, he had had his picture taken, so he must not have been that protective of his privacy.
    See you.





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