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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Do as an intensifier

I would like to know if it is possible to use do as an intensifier in interrogative sentences, for example: "did you did move the table?" or "did you did play baseball?" does make sense, or is it incorrect?

I think they are not correct, but that it is possible to use them in the spoken language because I hear british people using that sentences,
But, do they mean something like "did you really move the table?/did you really play baseball?", or do they mean "are you the one who moved the table?"
  

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I can speak only from the American perspective, but those sentences would not be correct. You are right that "do" is used as an intensifier in declarative sentences. I do like baseball, I did more the table.

— BarbaraPA

  • I can speak only from the American perspective, but those sentences would not be correct.
  • You are right that "do" is used as an intensifier in declarative sentences.
  • I do like baseball, I did more the table.
  • If you want to use it in a question, you have to find another way.
  • So you DID move the table?
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I can speak only from the American perspective, but those sentences would not be correct.

You are right that "do" is used as an intensifier in declarative sentences. I do like baseball, I did more the table.

If you want to use it in a question, you have to find another way.
So you DID move the table?
Well, did you, or did you NOT, play baseball?
Are you saying you
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Ok, thank you very much! So, even if not completely correct in proper grammar, the question "so you DID move the table" would be more something like "did you really move the table?" than "was it you who moved the table?" right
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Anonymous "did you did move the table?" or "did you did play baseball?"
Incorrect.
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