DID (emphasis) – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 82 in the category of PAST is defined as:
the past simple with ‘did’ for emphasis
A search in iWeb corpus for:
_N did _VVI
1 STUDY DID FIND 301 2 THINGS DID GET 205
3 RESEARCHERS DID FIND 159
4 THINGS DID HAPPEN 159 5 STUDY DID SHOW 114 6 JESUS DID SAY 103 7 PEOPLE DID GET 103 8 DOCTOR DID SAY 88 9 THINGS DID GO 83 10 THOUGHT DID CROSS 82 11 THING DID HAPPEN 73 12 PEOPLE DID COME 71 13 FATHERS DID EAT 67 14 COMPANY DID SAY 66 15 SKIN DID FEEL 66 16 THINGS DID CHANGE 66 17 REPORT DID FIND 62 18 THINGS DID IMPROVE 62 19 DID YALL 61 20 GOD DID CREATE 59 21 GOD DID GIVE 58 22 PEOPLE DID WANT 57 23 DID Y’ALL 56 24 POLICE DID FIND 55 25 TEAM DID FIND 52 26 COURT DID FIND 51 27 DOCTOR DID TELL 50 28 JESUS DID DIE 49 29 RESEARCHERS DID NOTE 49 30 PEOPLE DID SAY 47 31 REPORT DID NOTE 45 32 STUDY DID NOTE 45 33 POLICE DID SAY 44 34 COMPANY DID MAKE 43 35 STUDIES DID SHOW 43 36 FACE DID SHINE 42 37 GOD DID SAY 41 38 PEOPLE DID KNOW 41 39 RESULTS DID SHOW 41 40 VET DID SAY 41 41 GOD DID MAKE 40 42 METHOD DID WORK 39 43 PEOPLE DID MAKE 39 44 TEAM DID MANAGE 39 45 PEOPLE DID TAKE 38 46 THINGS DID WORK 38
47 COURT DID NOTE 37
48 INCIDENT DID OCCUR 37
49 PEOPLE DID LIKE 37 50 PEOPLE DID THINK 37 51 RESEARCH DID FIND 37
52 SURVEY DID FIND 37
53 TEAM DID WIN 37 54 DAYS DID SIT 36 55 SKIN DID LOOK 36 56 THOUGHT DID OCCUR 36
57 INVESTIGATORS DID FIND 35
58 LIGHT DID COME 35 59 PEOPLE DID DIE 35 60 PEOPLE DID FIND 35 61 CHANGES DID OCCUR 34 62 DID GET 34 63 EYES DID APPEAR 34 64 GOAL DID COME 34 65 GOOD DID COME 34 66 GUY DID SAY 34 67 PEOPLE DID SEE 34 68 SUN DID COME 34 69 THINGS DID COME 33 70 TIME DID COME 33 71 WAR DID BREAK 33 72 DID FIND 32
73 DATA DID SHOW 32
74 EYES DID SEE 32 75 JURY DID FIND 32 76 WATER DID GET 32 77 COURT DID SAY 31 78 PEOPLE DID TRY 31 79 TEAM DID MAKE 31 80 EVENT DID OCCUR 30
81 GOD DID TEMPT 30
82 PEOPLE DID USE 30 83 PRICES DID RISE 30 84 TEAM DID GET 30 85 AUTHORS DID NOTE 29 86 ARTICLE DID SAY 29 87 COMPANY DID SEND 29 88 DAY DID COME 29 89 GOD DID EXIST 29 90 JOHN DID BAPTIZE 29 91 PEOPLE DID BELIEVE 29 92 SON DID GET 29 93 COURT DID RULE 28 94 FLESH DID SEE 28 95 MINE DID COME 28 96 PEOPLE DID SEEM 28 97 STUDIES DID FIND 28 98 MEETING DID TAKE 27
99 PROCESS DID TAKE 27
100 CONGRESS DID PASS 26
B2 Vocabulary:
data, incident, investigators, occur, process, researchers, survey, tempt