JACEK1
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Hello everybody!
Not only would left-handed people have been encouraged not to be during this period, life was also pretty difficult for them and they quickly became very conspicuous.
I wonder what the highlighted fragment might mean.
Does it mean "Not only would left-handed people have been encouraged not to be alive" or "Not only would left-handed people have been encouraged not to be present (in social life because of difficulty in doing things that right-handers were supposed and expected to do" or "Not only would left-handed people have been encouraged not to exist"?
Thank you.
The source: BBC News - Do left-handed people really die young?
Not only would left-handed people have been encouraged not to be during this period, life was also pretty difficult for them and they quickly became very conspicuous.
I wonder what the highlighted fragment might mean.
Does it mean "Not only would left-handed people have been encouraged not to be alive" or "Not only would left-handed people have been encouraged not to be present (in social life because of difficulty in doing things that right-handers were supposed and expected to do" or "Not only would left-handed people have been encouraged not to exist"?
Thank you.
The source: BBC News - Do left-handed people really die young?