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Is this grammatically correct?

  • 22-01-2014 2:10pm
    #1
    KonFusion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,588 ✭✭✭KonFusion


    Hey, quick question:

    Is "We do indeed do" grammatically correct?

    In a full sentence example:

    "Do you give some sort of training?"

    "We do indeed do training..."

    or the like.

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Taliyah Big Revolver
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Taliyah Big Revolver


    Yes but I'd still switch it to "we do indeed give training" or another appropriate verb if that was just an example


  • #3
    hcass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 628 ✭✭✭hcass


    Are you using the expression in dialogue? If so, it doesn't matter if it's grammatically correct or not. It may even sound better to use grammatically incorrect sentences to make it sound more authentic - depending on where your character is from, his background etc...


  • #4
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I would go with the grammatically sound and concise "yes" there.


  • #5
    Taliyah Big Revolver
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Taliyah Big Revolver


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I would go with the grammatically sound and concise "yes" there.

    Giggle
    I can just see that

    "Do you give training here?"
    "Yes."
    "..."
    "..."
    "...Okay then."


  • #6
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭abff


    If "yes" is too concise, how about "yes, we do"?


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  • #7
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Or "Indeed, we do"


  • #8
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    KonFusion wrote: »
    ...
    "Do you give some sort of training?"

    "We do indeed do training..."
    There are times when one wants to give a strongly-affirmative tone to an answer by echoing the question. But the correct echo is: "We do indeed give training.". Nothing significant is lost by leaving the last two words implicit rather than expressed: "We do indeed.".


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