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Austere125rivers Posted 14 years ago
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I did believe in the lemmings suicide myth before I read your article

I did believe in the lemmings suicide myth before I read your article. Is this correct or not?
  

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austere125rivers Is this correct or not? It reads better if it's a denial of a claim that you did not believe that. — You didn't believe that.

  • austere125rivers Is this correct or not?
  • It reads better if it's a denial of a claim that you did not believe that.
  • — You didn't believe that.
  • — Yes, I did .
  • I did believe in that myth before I read your article.
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austere125riversIs this correct or not?
It reads better if it's a denial of a claim that you did not believe that.

— You didn't believe that.
— Yes, I did. I did believe in that myth before I read your article.

Otherwise, it's better without the emphatic do.

I believed in the l

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