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Emphatic form/help
Message from darknesswar posted on 22-07-2012 at 15:56:14 (D | E | F)
Hello,

Could you please help me with this question:?
"We do our homework."
How could I write it in the emphatic form ?
Thank you for your help.

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Edited by lucile83 on 22-07-2012 22:06

Re: Emphatic form/help from lemagemasque, posted on 22-07-2012 at 17:56:17 (D | E)
Hello,

Emphatic Form = subject + auxiliary in the present simple or in the preterite + verb without -to
The action is in the past or being done?
Goodbye!

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Edited by lemagemasque on 22-07-2012 18:13
Sorry for the mistake, gerondif.
I replaced my answer by a question.

Re: Emphatic form/help from gerondif, posted on 22-07-2012 at 18:05:27 (D | E)
Hello,

do in the affirmative form means you insist
We did do our homework !!
does is wrong with we.

I do love you! We do love you !
He does live in Sydney !!

I think two "do" in a row would sound awkward.
(I mean by that that if I am the one speaking, of course I will stress the first do and the listener will know that i insist. If I read the sentence, I will have to think that it is a form of insistance and I will be off balance for a second or two)
I do do my homework regularly !! I would use "really" to avoid that:
I really do my homework regularly.

Thank you for helping me! Thank you for reading this post.

Re: Emphatic form/help from traviskidd, posted on 23-07-2012 at 00:44:05 (D | E)
Hello.

Nothing wrong with two "do"s in a row.
I do do my homework, so stop saying I don't!
It's similar to two "had"s.
Well, he had had his picture taken, so he must not have been that protective of his privacy.
See you.

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