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We DO need to make sure...

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  1. Mendel Leisk

    Mendel Leisk Senior Member

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    I know, trivial, but it IS driving me nuts (and that's an example), this stilted emphasis on the off-beat adjective, that's like a bad rash. Inescapable on the tv and radio news, announcers, interviewers, interviewees. Some examples, I've heard in the last hour:

    We DO need to make sure...
    They DO anchor the..
    I CAN tell you... (classic, really the epitome of sanctimonious talk-down)
    What DO you do when...
    Not all prisoners HAVE exhibited...
     
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    i'm not sure what to say here...
     
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    I DO think those are auxiliary verbs.

    -Chap
     
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    Mendel Leisk Senior Member

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    Maybe it all started with "There Will be Blood". (n)
     
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    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    DO BE DOBEE DO
     
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    You DO mean "There WILL be blood," right?

    -Chap
     
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    Mendel Leisk Senior Member

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    There ARE things to realize

    (Time - Chambers Brothers)

    That seems a legit case.
     
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    It's taught at Communications class I think. It's a way to wrap things up and summarise the story.

    e.g.

    big storm, heavy rain, mountain snow blah blah blah


    "That's right <news anchor>, drivers WILL have to take it slow in the morning and prepare for snow at higher elevations"


    or

    "shooter, location unknown, some casualties, police on scene"

    "What we DO know is that he's still on the loose and that people ARE advised to stay inside and lock all doors".
     
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    In a nutshell, it does seem like a perfectly good way to annoy someone.
     
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    It's just the long form of "Ahh..."
     
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    Don't ya just love the English and their idiosyncratic grammar. We get graded on knowing the intricacies of this at school. Yeah, right! :whistle:
     
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