There is the article 'Practice really does make perfect' at http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/practice-really-does-make-perfect
My question is why adverb is placed before 'does make'? Is 'do make' one word?
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1Does make - Emphatic forms,(sometimes called the emphatic tenses or emphatic mood,) are made with the auxiliary verb do in the present or past tense + the base form of the verb: "he does work very hard."– user66974Commented May 28, 2015 at 9:12
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@Josh61, this your example 'he does work very hard' isn't so good because in that context 'hard' is always placed after verb. But which one is correct with hardly - 'He hardly does work' or ' He does hardly work'?– Sergio LissnerCommented May 28, 2015 at 9:24
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Hardly does not mean very hard. The position of very hard is just the one shown, does work very hard.– user66974Commented May 28, 2015 at 9:31
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Really is a sentence adverb.– rogermueCommented May 28, 2015 at 11:47
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"Do" in that sentence is used as an emphasis.
If we're gonna look at the context you have given (from University of Cambridge):
New research into the way in which we learn new skills finds that a single skill can be learned faster if its follow-through motion is consistent, but multiple skills can be learned simultaneously if the follow-through motion is varied.
See, from the way the sentence was phrased, it is implied that it's already common knowledge for a skill to be learned through practice (i.e. consistent follow-through motion). But if you look at the latter part of the sentence, they're adding something else which further proves the first point. They're emphasizing that practice makes perfect.
Here is a good resource which talks about "do" as an emphasis.
answered May 28, 2015 at 9:18
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So the rule for adverb in such context - adverb + emphasis + 'one-word verb'. Right? Commented May 28, 2015 at 9:30