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The use of "Do" to emphasis
Hi,
I am new on this forum and I don't know how it works i.e. I am not familiar with the forum.
I would like to ask about the use of "do" in my sentence. I explain what I want to say:
Suppose a specific group of people is called "maladjusted" and I want to emphasise that on the contrary the are well "adjusted".
I would say: "They DO are well adjusted to this system...etc."
Could be DO used here after the word "are"?
Thanks
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Re: The use of "Do" to emphasis

Originally Posted by
GoldLight
Hi,
I am new on this forum and I don't know how it works i.e. I am not familiar with the forum.
I would like to ask about the use of "do" in my sentence. I explain what I want to say:
Suppose a specific group of people is called "maladjusted" and I want to emphasise that on the contrary the are well "adjusted".
I would say: "They DO are well adjusted to this system...etc."
Could be DO used here after the word "are"?
Thanks
Welcome to the forums, GoldLight. "Do" is unnecessary and wrong in your example.
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Re: The use of "Do" to emphasis
Thank you, bhaisahab.
I have an additional question.
Is it wrong, because "do" is not used for emphasis of "are"?
I mean, does "do" as emphasis is never used with "are" or it is only wrong in my sentence?
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Re: The use of "Do" to emphasis

Originally Posted by
GoldLight
Hi,
I am new on this forum and I don't know how it works i.e. I am not familiar with the forum.
I would like to ask about the use of "do" in my sentence. I explain what I want to say:
Suppose a specific group of people is called "maladjusted" and I want to emphasise that on the contrary the are well "adjusted".
I would say: "They DO are well adjusted to this system...etc."
Could be DO used here after the word "are"?
Thanks
You can only use "do" like that before a bare infinitive. That would be 'be' in the case of 'are'. But it's not appropriate here, as bhai says.
Here's an example:
A: They don't study enough"
B: They do study enough."
In your example, you need, "They are well adjusted."
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Re: The use of "Do" to emphasis
Thank you, Raymott.
I got it now. I didn't know this rule, I only saw a few examples where it was used.
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