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did it fail vs did it failed

The correct phrase is "did it fail". In English, the past tense of the verb "fail" is "failed", so the correct form to use after "did" is the base form of the verb (fail).

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 3354 views

did it fail

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the correct form to use when asking about the outcome of an action in the past. The verb "fail" is in its base form after the auxiliary verb "did".
  • If it did, how did it fail to notice the problems to which Mr Bruner has referred?
  • When the supplementary and amending budget was presented to us - and here I concur fully with Mr Ferber - not only did it fail to convince us; on the contrary we got all worked up and opposed to it.
  • If it did, how did it fail to notice the problems to which Mr Bruner has referred?
  • "I've only written one other letter with these keys."It did not fail me then.
  • No, I didn't fail it.
  • The Council stresses that it did indeed fail to reach a consensus on what the Union position should be at the meeting with Cyprus scheduled for 25 February as part of the 'structured dialogue'.
  • In any case I do not believe that even the former Commission was guilty of criminal negligence, even though it did fail to recognise the potential danger and failed to take appropriate action.
  • She didn't want it to fail, but she also desperately wanted to stop drinking.
  • Alan BEVERLY, from the Commission, also builds on this point in H6, with reference to insurance guarantee schemes: the point on the Equitable Life case is that Equitable Life did not become insolvent, it did not fail.
  • If it fails, I fail.
  • Guns only if it fails, but it won't fail.
  • And if it fails, a huge embarrassment.
  • The New Deal succeeded for many years, but we must now try something newer before it fails us.
  • No more dangerous than sitting with Minos and watching it fail.
  • It fails the most basic tenet of rational thinking.
  • And if it fails this time, she is finished.
  • I never saw it fail to get a laugh.
  • If it fails, I become a martyr.
  • However, it fails unless both partners are equally fond of each other.
  • But time and again, it fails in that purpose.

Alternatives:

  • did it succeed?
  • did it work?
  • did it happen?

did it failed

This phrase is incorrect in English. The past tense form of the verb "fail" is "failed", not "failed".

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