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Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to speak

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naturally in a minute from Happy English. I'm here every

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Sunday with a quick one point lesson to help you

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improve your pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. And if you want

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to watch this lesson, just look for Happy English podcast

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on YouTube. Sometimes in everyday spoken American English, we use

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stress to show meaning that means saying certain words louder

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or stronger to give emphasis in a sentence. A great

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example of this is when we use do or did

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for emphasis. When we really want to strongly confirm something,

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we put stress on do or did. Like if someone says,

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how come you didn't finish that report, you can say

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I I did finish that report. I sent it to you.

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Or if you got a bad grade on an exam

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and your friend says, oh, you didn't study enough, you

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can tell them I did study. That was just really

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a hard exam. Or maybe someone has the wrong idea

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about you, Like if your friend says, well, we can't

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go to that new sushi place cause Michael doesn't like sushi,

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you can tell them I do like sushi. Let's go.

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When you use do or did this way, the meaning

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becomes stronger and clearer. That's how native speakers show emphasis.

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So the next time you want to correct someone or

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strongly confirm something, try saying things like I did do

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it or I do want to go. That's the music

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of natural American English. Hey, thanks for listening, and remember

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to follow and subscribe so you won't miss the next

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Happy English podcast and next Sundays Speak naturally in a

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minute Until next time, keep learning and keep it cool.