"I did not grew / grow up" - which one is the correct tense? [closed]
There are actually quite a few threads on the question of grew or grow up, but none with the verb did and the state "being poor" instead of a location, so I allow myself to ask it here. Which sentence is correct:
I did not grow up poor.
or
I did not grew up poor.
Thank you very much in advance!
Solution 1:
The first sentence is correct. The second sentence is not.
The second one is wrong because "grew" is in the wrong tense.
The "grew" is in the past tense which conflicts with the "did"
The "did" is a past tense auxiliary verb, which can not support another past tense verb such as "grew"
The first sentance has "did" followed by a verb (remember, a verb is fine, but a past tense verb is not)
This is why the first one is correct.
https://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/did-main-verb-base-form-or-past-tense-form#:~:text=The%20auxiliary%20verb%20(did)%20is,the%20main%20verb%20is%20not.&text=However%2C%20in%20a%20sentence%20about,in%20the%20past%20tense%20form)
https://www.quora.com/When-do-you-say-grew-up-or-have-grown-up-or-have-been-growing-up-in-English