A. "We matched you DNA. You're cooked." B. "If I did do it, she would have been lying there......" Why would the speaker used "did do" not just "did" or " had done" in the if-clause?
Originally Posted by ostap77 A. "We matched you DNA. You're cooked." B. "If I did do it, she would have been lying there......" Why would the speaker used "did do" not just "did" or " had done" in the if-clause? The speaker is doing this for stress. In this case, he/she is stressing the "if".
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