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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
ending a sentence with an auxiliary
Hi,
Is it correct to end a sentence with an auxiliary verb as shown in (1), please? Are all of the following sentence correct and is there any difference in terms of meaning(s) between them, please?
(1) I didn't want this to happen, but it did.
(2) I didn't want this to happen, but it did happen.
(3) I didn't want this to happen, but it happened.
Thank you.
Is it correct to end a sentence with an auxiliary verb as shown in (1), please? Are all of the following sentence correct and is there any difference in terms of meaning(s) between them, please?
(1) I didn't want this to happen, but it did.
(2) I didn't want this to happen, but it did happen.
(3) I didn't want this to happen, but it happened.
Thank you.
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Laborious Is it correct to end a sentence with an auxiliary verb as shown in (1), please? Yes, at least in that case. Laborious Are all of the following sentence correct Yes.
- Laborious Is it correct to end a sentence with an auxiliary verb as shown in (1), please?
- Yes, at least in that case.
- Laborious Are all of the following sentence correct Yes.
- Laborious is there any difference in terms of meaning(s) between them, please?
- I don't sense any real difference.
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LaboriousIs it correct to end a sentence with an auxiliary verb as shown in (1), please?Yes, at least in that case.
Laborious Are all of the following sentence correctYes.
Laborious is there any difference in terms of meaning(s) between them, please?I don't sense any real difference.
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Thank you so much, Mister Micawber, for replying to my questions.
I read somewhere that we can use auxiliary verbs 'do' and 'did' as in my sentence (2) if we wish to emphasize what we are saying. Is this true, Mister Micawber?
Could you also help me with the following if you have time, please?
- Is it possible for other auxiliaries such as 'have' and 'had' as
I read somewhere that we can use auxiliary verbs 'do' and 'did' as in my sentence (2) if we wish to emphasize what we are saying. Is this true, Mister Micawber?
Could you also help me with the following if you have time, please?
- Is it possible for other auxiliaries such as 'have' and 'had' as
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LaboriousI read somewhere that we can use auxiliary verbs 'do' and 'did' as in my sentence (2) if we wish to emphasize what we are saying. Is this true, Mister Micawber?In your sentences, it is the whole added clause—if anything—that emphasizes. You are perhaps confusing this with the 'emphatic "do"', as in 'I do like your—really!' or your subsequent example
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