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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
emphatic affirmative sentence
0 1. I 01 b 00 did eat 02 b 00 a lot of fruit. 02 br
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02 br 02 br 00 -- You didn't eat much. 02 br 00 -- Not much meat, no. 02 br 02 br 00 CJ 02 br 02 br 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 -- You didn't eat much.
- 02 br 00 -- Not much meat, no.
- 02 br 02 br 00 CJ 02 br 02 br 0-
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0 The first one is typically contrastive after a negative. 02 br
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Dear friend,
Look at the following constructions:
1. I did eat a lot of fruit.
2. I really ate a lot of fruit.
When someone says, " I did eat a lot of fruit," the listener may interpret it as follows:
The speaker certainly ate a lot of fruit.
When someone says, " I really ate a lot of fruit," the listener's interpre
Look at the following constructions:
1. I did eat a lot of fruit.
2. I really ate a lot of fruit.
When someone says, " I did eat a lot of fruit," the listener may interpret it as follows:
The speaker certainly ate a lot of fruit.
When someone says, " I really ate a lot of fruit," the listener's interpre
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0 By placing the really into the sentence the emphasis is on the amount of food being eaten and the fact of the eating of the food 02 br
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