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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Please, what is "the past emphatic" tense?

Please, what is "the past emphatic" tense?
  

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Hi, I don't know. Where, in what context, did you find this term? I wonder if it perhaps relates to the use of stressed auxiliaries, eg after your house burns down, you might say 'I turned off the stove', but you would add emphasis to the statement if you said 'I did turn off the stove'.

— Clive

  • Hi, I don't know.
  • Where, in what context, did you find this term?
  • I wonder if it perhaps relates to the use of stressed auxiliaries, eg after your house burns down, you might say 'I turned off the stove', but you would add emphasis to the statement if you said 'I did turn off the stove'.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

I don't know. Where, in what context, did you find this term?

I wonder if it perhaps relates to the use of stressed auxiliaries,

eg after your house burns down, you might say 'I turned off the stove', but you would add emphasis to the statement if you said 'I did turn off the stove'.

Best wishes, Clive
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