I did find vs I did found

The correct phrase is "I did find." The verb "find" should be in the base form after the auxiliary verb "did." "I did found" is incorrect because "found" is the past tense form of the verb; this is not needed when using the auxiliary verb "did."

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I did find

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to emphasize that the action of finding something was completed in the past. The verb "find" is in the base form after the auxiliary verb "did."

Examples:

I did find my keys under the couch.
She did find the solution to the problem.
Did you find what you were looking for?
They did find a way to fix the issue.
We did find a great restaurant for dinner.

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I did find a fleck embedded in her skin.
I did find a little inner peace.
And even if I did find him, I couldn't save him.
I did find some dirt on Mr. Perez.
What I did find, though, is an unusually high number of disorderly conduct and public intox.
I did find some radios out back.
I did find radios out back.
I did find asbestos fibers on his shirt.
I did find two hairs on the headrest though.
I did find your relationship fascinating, though.
And I did find two hairs on his shirt.
However, I did find a telling mark on her body.
I did find a good penny.
Yes, Jared, I did find your flash paper.
But look at what I did find on her Facebook page.
Well, I did find this... a cocktail napkin from Exotica.
I did find this under the bed.
I did find some good news, though.
However, I did find this in the plumbing.
I did find Walsh's e-mail address.

I did found

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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Blanche's beauty area had been broomed, but I did found Coral's hair gel.
I mean, I did found it and I've been president for the last 25 years and I oversee every detail, but really, it's our organization.
Indeed, yes, I did found him, did I.
Better than I did when I first found out.
I went to change the batteries, and when I did, I found this.
And I did and I found it...
That's just a reenactment of what I did when I found out.
I feel just like I did when we found out that Regina knew about the switch.
I did some checking and found another was murdered sometime before that.
I didn't, they found me.
Going into remission, I found I didn't actually feel better.
I did, and I found a discrepancy.
Last time I did that, I found a finger under it.
I didn't, they found me.
Then I found I didn't want to leave.
But then I found I didn't miss it.
Because not long ago... a son I didn't know about found me.
You know what I did when I found your sunglasses?
Want to know what I did when I found out that he was dead?
I found what did the damage.

Alternatives:

I did find
I found
I have found
I was able to find

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