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ColleenV

09:29

@userr2684291 I can't either - maybe "Run quickly - GO!" but not "do".

Daily idiom: "cup of tea" I can understand why some people like that type of comedy, but it's not my cup of tea.

Anonymous

@userr2684291 That would be for emphasis, but it doesn't exist in my dialect, so it's hard for me to give an example.

Anonymous

I think that the emphatic pro-verb do was not uncommon in older British English, but I'm not sure if it's common anywhere anymore.

user1732

09:54

yeah, today people would say, "do run quickly"

perhaps, if you didn't run quickly, then they would say:

10 hours ago, by userr2684291

> Run quickly, do!

good question

books.google.ca/…

v. int. 6. used after another verb for emphasis

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userr2684291

12:44

@user1732 Well, yeah, I got it from a dictionary, which is the reason I thought the definition was current.

That is, it didn't say anything about it being archaic or some such. And it's an American dictionary.

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ColleenV

14:01

I think this is an interesting feature request -

Q: Can a community have its own magic links?

I'm talking about magic links, which are very useful while posting comments. We frequently use [tour] , [help], [ask], [ans] etc. while introducing new users about How Stack Exchange works. On Hinduism Stack Exchange, we educate new users about our guidelines. Though we have also included a link...