About verb agreement

[music2starr]

Hi, whats the difference between these two sentences and is one of them wrong grammatically:

1. I did leave the house and go to the movie theatre.

2. I did leave the house and went to the movie theatre.


Thank you for your time.

[Mister Micawber]

.
Only #1 has its compound verb correctly structured: did leave and (did) go.
.

[music2starr]

Does this mean that sentence #2 is wrong? Is it not grammatically correct to have a compound verb and a simple verb used in the same sentence?

[Mister Micawber]

.
Only #1 has its compound verb correctly structured: did leave and (did) go.The words in italics are the compound verb of the sentence.


Would you like to see a compound verb and a 'simple verb' in the same sentence? Here you go:

I ran to the store and bought a pistol, while my sister searched through the kitchen knives.

Ran and bought is the compound verb; searched is the 'simple' verb.
.

[music2starr]

So why is sentence #2 wrong? Is it because the simple verb "went" doesn't have a subject of its own? Would this be correct:

2. I did leave the house and I went to the movie theatre.


But if the subject for the compound verb and the simple verb is the same (e.g. "I"), is it necessary to write the subject twice?

[Mister Micawber]

.
I did leave the house, and I went to the movie theatre.

This is a different kind of sentence. Now you no longer have a simple sentence with a compound verb; you have a compound sentence with two independent clauses. It is fine, but my comma after house is recommended.
.

[music2starr]

What about the original sentence #2? I'm still not sure if it is wrong grammatically as I've heard different opinions on it. What is the rule for constructing such sentences?

[Mister Micawber]

Let's just say that I don't like it because it is ambiguous; we would expect the emphatic did to refer to both actions; that's why it seems wrong to me-- and I would correct #2 on a student's paper.

I do acknowledge that tense needn't be the same for both of the compound verbs: I was, am and always will be a vegetarian.

Nevertheless, the structure must be made clear to the reader/listener. The emphatic (affirmative) do seems, as an operator, to be less adaptable than the auxiliaries; it seems to need some help. For instance, I can punctuate your #2 to make it (to me) more clear that the compound verb consists of different forms, an emphatic past simple and a past simple:

I did leave the house-- and went to the movie theatre.

Now the emphasis is clearly on the leaving, and the destination is merely an afterthought to the outburst.

I hope this helps; I'm about out of ideas.
.

[music2starr]

Thank you very much. I appreciate the time you've taken to explain things.