[Grammar] When do we use 'do + get ' in some sentence?

nininaz · Jul 30, 2013

"They are less likely to repeat the crime, and if they do get in trouble again ,their crimes are less serious".

Can we use ' they get in trouble again ' ?
when we use ' do + get' ?
Please give me a reference to get more details on this grammar .
Thanks in advance.

EnglishLearner1990 · Jul 30, 2013

a) if someone or something is in trouble, they are in a situation with a lot of problems : He admitted that their marriage was in trouble.
get/run into trouble The company ran into trouble when it tried to expand too quickly.

in serious/deep trouble The economy was in serious trouble.

the dangers of trying to borrow your way out of trouble

b) if someone is in trouble, they have done something which someone will punish them for or be angry about in deep/big trouble We’ll be in big trouble if Mr Elliott finds out.

Reference : Longman dictionary

nininaz · Jul 30, 2013

EnglishLearner1990 said:
a) if someone or something is in trouble, they are in a situation with a lot of problems : He admitted that their marriage was in trouble.
get/run into trouble The company ran into trouble when it tried to expand too quickly.

in serious/deep trouble The economy was in serious trouble.

the dangers of trying to borrow your way out of trouble

b) if someone is in trouble, they have done something which someone will punish them for or be angry about in deep/big trouble We’ll be in big trouble if Mr Elliott finds out.

reference : Longman dictionary

Please read my post carefully, I knew what 'get in trouble' means , but my problem is why we use 'do beside get ' ?

EnglishLearner1990 · Jul 30, 2013

nininaz said:
Please read my post carefully, I knew what 'get in trouble' means , but my problem is why we use 'do beside get ' ?

It is used to emphasize the main verb.

EnglishLearner1990 · Jul 30, 2013

EnglishLearner1990 said:
It is used to emphasize the main verb.

3 used to emphasize the main verb in a sentence : Do be careful.
You do look nice in that hat.
I do think she’s behaved badly.
‘You should have warned me.’ ‘But I did warn you.’
He owns, or did own (= emphasizing past tense ) , a yacht.

Reference : Longman dictionary

nininaz · Jul 30, 2013

EnglishLearner1990 said:
It is used to emphasize.

Emphasize what ?? You don't have to reply any posts if you have no information on it .
Thanks.

EnglishLearner1990 · Jul 30, 2013

nininaz said:
Emphasize what ?? You don't have to reply any posts if you have no information on it .
Thanks.

To emphasize the main verb.

EnglishLearner1990 · Jul 30, 2013

EnglishLearner1990 said:
To emphasize the main verb.

I do know what I am talking about.

tzfujimino · Jul 30, 2013

Hello, nininaz.:-D

I agree with Englishlearner1990.

Michael Swan writes:

184 emphasis

1 emotive and contrastive emphasis

We often emphasise ('strengthen') a particular word or expression. There are two main reasons for this. We may wish to show that we feel strongly about what we are saying ('emotive emphasis').

You do look nice today!
Your hair looks so good like that.

Or we may wish to show a contrast between, for example, true and false, or present and past, or a rule and an exception ('contrastive emphasis').

Why weren't you at the meeting? ~ I was at the meeting.
I don't do much sport now, but I did play football when I was younger.
I don't see my family much, but I do visit my mother occasionally.

We can also use emphasis to show that something expected actually happened.

I thought I'd pass the exam, and I did pass.

(Practical English Usage Third Edition OUP pp.164-165)

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