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    "I do have very good reason to be pissed off with you" is the same as "Of course I have very good reasons to be pissed off with you"
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    December 19, 2012
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    As Ya-hsein said, DO (and DOES and DID) are used to emphasise and stress what you say. If I ask "Do you love your country", you can say, "Yes, I love my country" which is just a statement. However, if you answer m saying "Yes, I DO love my country", that tells me that you really love your country and that you mean it. You can answer "I wrote a letter to Santa" or "I DID write a letter to Santa". The second one shows that you specifically want to mention the fact that you wrote to Santa. Similarly "He DOES always love me" has more power and emphasis than "He loves me" which is just a statement and does not really show how much he loves. Hope this helps.
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    December 19, 2012
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    Grammatically the FIRST one is correct. LONG TIME specifies a period of time and therefore it will come with HAS, HAVE or HAD. DID/DIDN'T is for something that happens at a given time. Therefore, you cannot say I DIDN'T SEE YOU FOR A LONG TIME. You can say I DIDN'T SEE YOU WHEN I LOOKED FOR YOU (i.e. at the time I wanted to see you). You can say I WAS AT TRAIN STATION AT 10AM (a given moment) or I HAVE BEEN AT TRAIN STATION FROM 8AM TILL 10AM FOR 2 HOURS (i.e. a period of time). Hope this helps.
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    December 19, 2012
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