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Perfect Stranger Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Why is Ewan McGregor using "does" in that fragment I quoted? It sounds more like a question than a statement.

Hello,


I'm wondering why Ewan McGregor says "or wherever it does come from" in this video clip. Is it for emphasis?

1:32min.


Thanks

  

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Perfect Stranger or wherever it does come from ... Is it for emphasis? Is what for emphasis?

— CalifJim

  • Perfect Stranger or wherever it does come from ...
  • Is it for emphasis?
  • Is what for emphasis?
  • I suspect you're not asking about this phrase at all.
  • I think you are asking about the use of "does".
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Perfect Strangeror wherever it does come from ... Is it for emphasis?

Is what for emphasis? I suspect you're not asking about this phrase at all. I think you are asking about the use of "does".

Somewhere in the speaker's mind there is the thought "The voice was not coming from the forest". And he contradicts this negative (which is what the

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