I was looking through Internet and I got confused about the Past simple of the verb "To do" as an auxiliary verb.
We all know the basic syntax that is:
Subject + auxiliary verb "to do" (past simple) + full verb (present simple) + complement
Example:
Mr. Johson did write a novel.
The thing is that I also saw another form of it and I want to ask you if is it correct.
Subject + Auxiliary verb "to do" (present simple) + full verb (past simple) + complement
Example:
Mr. Johnson does wrote a novel/Mr. Johnson wrote a novel
Best Answer
"Does", describing an action, does not need to precede "write", which, in itself, already describes an action.
An example of when does would be used is if the sentence is a confirmation/emphasis:
When expressing the past, write, the infinitive, can still be used, but does must be converted to the past tense: