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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Emphatic do

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00How can I use the emphatic "do" for a modal verb?02br
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00I know it is wrong, but the idea would be "I 01b00do02b00 can have dogs at home"02br
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00Thank you everyone0-
  

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0 There is no way to use 01i 00do02i 00 with a modal auxiliary because 01i 00do02i 00 01i 00(does, did)02i 00 requires an infinitive and modals - or defective auxiliaries as I call them - don't have an infinitive. 02br 00CB0-

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  • 0 There is no way to use 01i 00do02i 00 with a modal auxiliary because 01i 00do02i 00 01i 00(does, did)02i 00 requires an infinitive and modals - or defective auxiliaries as I call them - don't have an infinitive.
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0 There is no way to use 01i00do02i00 with a modal auxiliary because 01i00do02i00 01i00(does, did)02i00 requires an infinitive and modals - or defective auxiliaries as I call them - don't have an infinitive. That's one reason they are called 'defective'.02br
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0 See at the BBC learning site:02br
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00 Note that with 01b00modal auxiliary02b00 verbs, 01i00do02i00 and 01i00did02i00 are 01b00not02b00 used:02br
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00 Can you play the clarinet? NOT: 01font00Do you c
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