One way this arises very simply and commonly is the repetition of adjectives and adverbs for emphasis: > We were going really, really fast! <!-- comment as blockquote separator --> > I had a strange, strange dream last night. On a different tack, there’s the interesting case of *What it is, is…*, discussed previously [here](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/13056) and [here](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36683).