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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Fronting

I've come across sentence Walk out we did (fronted verb) under the entry "fronting" in an English grammar dictionary.

My question is: Is emphasis in that sentence 'doubled' by fronting verb "Walk out" and by using "did" for 'emotive emphasis'?
  

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Anonymous : Is emphasis in that sentence 'doubled' by fronting verb "Walk out" I would say so. It's a pretty rare form to use, but in that example, use it, they did. Don't overdo it.

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  • Anonymous : Is emphasis in that sentence 'doubled' by fronting verb "Walk out" I would say so.
  • It's a pretty rare form to use, but in that example, use it, they did.
  • Don't overdo it.
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Anonymous: Is emphasis in that sentence 'doubled' by fronting verb "Walk out"
I would say so. It's a pretty rare form to use, but in that example, use it, they did.

Don't overdo it.
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AlpheccaStarsI would say so. It's a pretty rare form to use, but in that example, use it, they did. Don't overdo it.
Thank you.
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Anonymoususing "did" for 'emotive emphasis'?
No. The auxiliary is needed to provide a tense. It's the fronting that creates the emphasis. Note especially in the last example below that a form of do is not even absolutely necessary.

Walk out we do. / Walk out we did. / Walk out we will.

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CalifJim The auxiliary is needed to provide a tense. It's the fronting that creates the emphasis.
Thank you for the explanation.
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