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Whatchadoin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Do

I really do need help.

What do native speakers want to emphasize when they use 'do', 'did' or 'does' this way?
  

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whatchadoin What do native speakers want to emphasize when they use 'do', 'did' or 'does' this way? The stated fact: here, the need for help.

— Mister Micawber

  • whatchadoin What do native speakers want to emphasize when they use 'do', 'did' or 'does' this way?
  • The stated fact: here, the need for help.
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whatchadoinWhat do native speakers want to emphasize when they use 'do', 'did' or 'does' this way?
The stated fact: here, the need for help.
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whatchadoinWhat do native speakers want to emphasize when they use 'do', 'did' or 'does' this way?
It's usually used to contradict the negative form of the same statement.

— You don't need help.
— Yes, I do. I really do need help.

CJ
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There's no emphasizing in these cases?

Did you see it?
-Yes I did.

Do you love me?
-Yes I do.

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Yes, I did see it.
Yes, I do love you.

But there's emphasizing in these?
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Right, no semantic emphasis, though the spoken stress from the omitted main verbs is retained in the dummy do's in the first pair.
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