How can I use I do have?
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What a difference between using I have a dog and I do have a dog?
When we use I do+ verb?
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How can I use I do have?
Hi all!
What a difference between using I have a dog and I do have a dog?
When we use I do+ verb?
When we want to give extra force to the main verb, we use the authelery verb do+verb in orther to emphasize the main verb.
do / does : emphatic use
we can use them for emotive or contrastive emphasis when we feel strongly about something:
You do look pretty in that new outfit! Quite stunning!
Are you all right? You do look a bit pale. Do please sit down.
I don't see very much of my old friends now, but I do still email them.
Was that a joke? I do believe you're teasing me!
When we are using the auxiliaries do and does for contrastive or emotive emphasis like this, we give them extra stress in pronunciation to make them sound louder, longer or higher in tone.
These two sentences "I have a dog and I do have a dog" are the same. Although the second sentence emphasize the main verb.
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It sounds more emphatic as in: Do stop talking!
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