[Grammar] A few grammar questions

[gh1jk]

Hi!

I will appreciate all replies to some of my grammatical quandaries:
- what's the name of this grammar category - example: They do have... When it is used?

Thanks

 

[birdeen's call]

Hi, gh1jk. Please post one question at a time.

 

[gh1jk]

Hi, gh1jk. Please post one question at a time.

That was my first post here. Now, it's edited.

 

[Barb_D]

Hi!

I will appreciate all replies to some of my grammatical quandaries:
- what's the name of this grammar category - example: They do have... When it is used?

- in/into & on/onto

Thanks

Hi and welcome to Using English.

Emphatic. It's used to be very clear that something is true.
A: They don't have any bananas at the store.
B: Yes, they do.
A: No, they don't. I looked.
B: I assure you, they DO have bananas at the store.

 

[gh1jk]

Hi and welcome to Using English.

Emphatic. It's used to be very clear that something is true.
A: They don't have any bananas at the store.
B: Yes, they do.
A: No, they don't. I looked.
B: I assure you, they DO have bananas at the store.

thanks for this helpful response.

 

[gh1jk]

I have other questions, so where should I post them?
new threads, here,...?

 

[Barb_D]

Hi -
Definitely, post one topic per thread. Otherwise, it's gets crazy trying to figure out which post is responding to which response to which question.

 

[Barb_D]

Here is a link to a resource on the in to/on to issue: Purdue OWL: Prepositions

Into/onto will include a sense of motion/movement.

 

[gh1jk]

Hi -
Definitely, post one topic per thread. Otherwise, it's gets crazy trying to figure out which post is responding to which response to which question.

Absolutely logical

That's what I'm going to do.

 

[birdeen's call]

That's what I'm gonna do.

We also try to avoid words like "gonna" here. Please, write "going to". We try to stick to standard English. (At least on the Ask a Teacher forum.)

 

[gh1jk]

Corrected.