{"id":73826,"date":"2020-04-06T10:19:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73826"},"modified":"2020-04-06T10:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:19:42","slug":"using-do-and-does-for-emphasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/using-do-and-does-for-emphasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Do And Does For Emphasis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/do-as-an-ordinary-verb-and-an-auxiliary-verb\/\"><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<\/a><b>does\u00a0<\/b>are used to form questions and negatives in the simple present tense.\u00a0<b>Does\u00a0<\/b>is used with singular nouns and third person singular pronouns (he, she, it).\u00a0<b>Do<\/b>\u00a0is used with plural nouns and plural pronouns (they, we and you). The pronoun\u00a0<b>I<\/b>\u00a0is an exception to this rule. Though it is a singular in number, it is used with\u00a0<b>do<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Do<\/b>\u00a0you play football? Yes I\u00a0<b>do<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Does<\/b>\u00a0he speak English? Yes, he\u00a0<b>does<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Do<\/b>\u00a0you know the answer? No, I\u00a0<b>don\u2019t<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Does<\/b>\u00a0she love him? No, she\u00a0<b>doesn\u2019t<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see,\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>does<\/b>\u00a0are also used in short answers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>you eat meat? Yes, I\u00a0<b>do<\/b>. (NOT Yes, I eat.) (The answer \u2018Yes, I eat meat\u2019 is grammatically correct, but it doesn\u2019t sound natural.)<\/li>\n<li><b>Does<\/b>\u00a0she work here? No, she\u00a0<b>doesn\u2019t<\/b>. (More natural than \u2018No, she doesn\u2019t work here.\u2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Do \/ does: emphatic use<\/h2>\n<p>As you can see,\u00a0<b>do<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>does<\/b>\u00a0are used to make questions and negatives. They are not normally used in affirmative sentences. However, we can use them for emotive emphasis when we feel strongly about something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>do<\/b>\u00a0love him. (More emphatic than \u2018I love him.\u2019)<\/li>\n<li>She\u00a0<b>does<\/b>\u00a0look beautiful in that gown. Quiet stunning! (More emphatic than \u2018She looks beautiful in that gown.)<\/li>\n<li>You\u00a0<b>do<\/b>\u00a0look nice today!<\/li>\n<li>She thinks I don\u2019t love her, but I\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>love her. I really<b>\u00a0do<\/b>!<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t see my old friends often, but I\u00a0<b>do<\/b>\u00a0call them every now and then.<\/li>\n<li>Were you joking? I\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>believe you were pulling my leg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we use\u00a0<b>do<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>does\u00a0<\/b>for emphasis, we give them extra stress in pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p><b>Did\u00a0<\/b>is mainly used for making questions and negative sentences in the simple past tense. It is also used in short answers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Did\u00a0<\/b>you see John? Yes, I\u00a0<b>did<\/b>. (NOT Yes, I saw.)<\/li>\n<li><b>Did\u00a0<\/b>you receive the letter? No, I\u00a0<b>didn\u2019t<\/b>. (NOT No, I didn\u2019t receive.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In affirmative sentences in the simple past tense, we can use did for emotive or contrastive emphasis.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>did<\/b>\u00a0lock the door. (More emphatic than \u2018I locked the door\u2019.)<\/li>\n<li>She\u00a0<b>did\u00a0<\/b>come. (More emphatic than \u2018She came.\u2019)<\/li>\n<li>Almost everybody was away on holiday, but I\u00a0<b>did\u00a0<\/b>manage to see Alice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Forming questions using intonation<\/h2>\n<p>We sometimes form questions by using a rising intonation at the end of the sentence. In this case, we use the normal word order.<b>\u00a0Do<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>does<\/b>\u00a0are not used in these questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are quitting? Why?<\/li>\n<li>You want to marry him? I can\u2019t believe this. 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