Can I use empathic do with verb to be?

Question

I've generally seen emphatic do being used with verbs other than to be. But I've just come across a phrase where I felt like saying do are, and I don't know if 1) that's correct English, and 2) that sounds good.

The phrase would be:

Notice no default constructor will be generated because there is a user-declared one; but the rest of the special member functions do are automatically generated.

In case do are is not correct/doesn't sound good there, what other options would I have?

Answer 1

"Do are" is not correct. Even using the bare infinitive "do be" is incorrect.

In speech you should emphasise with a stress on the word "are", in writing you should use italics, or underline, to emphasise.

the rest of the special member functions are automatically generated.

There are forms of the verb "to be" which allow or require do support: In a imperative "Do be kind" or "Don't be evil".

Answer 2

Do as an auxiliary is always always always followed by the base form of the verb, so in the rare cases where this construction is possible, it is do be, not do are.

Be does not normally take do support in any context; but there are a few partial exceptions:

• There are some varieties of English, such as some West country dialects from England, where you hear He do be...; but not in any standard varieties.
• In the negative imperative, it is normal to use "do"-support: "Don't be angry" is the only grammatical form in modern English. ("Be not angry" is obsolete, and only used as a deliberate archaism).
• In the non-negative imperative, we sometimes use "do"-support for emotional effect. Do be quiet and Do be careful are variants of Be quiet and Be careful, which tend to be used with family and friends, and have an emotional connotation: Do be quiet is usually annoyed, though it may be indulgent or jokey; Do be careful expresses caring for the person, but sometimes annoyance as well.