Kibbitzer 42 | Emphatic 'do' |
The following revisions are taken from an essay by an Indonesian-speaking postgraduate student of Local Government:
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A macro-economic argument for central government involvement is that overall spending by local government does affect the level of aggregate demand in the economy. | A macro-economic argument for central government involvement is that overall spending by local government affects the level of aggregate demand in the economy |
This does not mean that local government is powerless, but it means that the centre is the senior and unquestionably dominant partner . | This does not mean that local government is powerless, but it does mean that the centre is the senior and unquestionably dominant partner. |
The Emphatic Do quite often causes difficulties for learners of English. Those difficulties can best be avoided by thinking of it as having a contrastive meaning, as shown by the following citations
28th May 1998 | Consultant: Tim Johns |
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