Simple Past Tense in English
Sometimes I meet sentences like this
*But he did want to leave.*
Why they use *did* here instead of writing
*But he wanted to leave.*
What's the difference?

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"Do" can be used as an emphasis to clarify something in a sentence.

He did go to the store yesterday / He went to the store yesterday.

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In positive statements, do adds emphasis.

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-emphatic-do-1690590

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Did/do before a verb is used to emphasize

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Hi Tatyana, I think they use "did want to" to emphasis. In terms of meaning I think it means the same. Cheers!

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Exhisist this use ? I have never seen it

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