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Soheil1 Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Did

Hi.

What does 'did' mean in:

Although this could not be called ‘‘ancestor worship’’ (contra Emmons 1910), the Tlingit did believe that the dead could not only help but harm the living with illness and death, if the latter did not remember, honor, and help them.

Thanks in advance

  

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" part.

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  • " part.
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"did believe" is used instead of "believed" for emphasis, to heighten the contrast with the "Although ..." part.

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