Timeline for Did they steal or Did they stole?
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| Mar 29, 2017 at 4:42 | comment | added | Andrew | Forming questions in English is always the same. You take the infinitive (present simple tense) form of the verb and add "do" in front, plus the subject. If it's past tense, you add "did". So "I stole the bicycle" becomes "Did I steal the bicycle?" | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 2:26 | comment | added | NiCk Newman |
Thanks again, I'm still not comprehending it correctly I think. Steal isn't past tense, but stole is. Did he is past tense, and stole is too, so why doesn't stole make sense in this case?
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| Mar 29, 2017 at 1:26 | comment | added | Mohd Zulkanien Sarbini | @NiCkNewman It's wrong. Remember auxiliary did + plain form of verb. | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 0:06 | comment | added | NiCk Newman | Thank you. So just to clarify: Saying "Did he stole the bicycle", would technically make sense but just sound weird? I'm trying to understand the difference in terms of steal/stole in past tense usage | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 23:44 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 28, 2017 at 23:20 | history | answered | Andrew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |