The phantom of the opera. 2. If 'did', why 'thought'? Why not 'think'?
This sentence come from the adapted book for English learner "The phantom of the opera", and I don't understand it very well.

Those who did not thought someone had just played a joke on him.

My try:

Aquellos quienes no pensaban que alguien simplemente le había gastado una broma.

If 'did', why 'thought'? Why not 'think'?

Como no me fío de mi inglés lo pregunto en español. ¿Por qué si usa el verbo auxiliar 'did' en pasado, usa también el verbo principal 'think' en pasado? ¿o tal vez 'thought' no es un verbo en esta frase?With a comma (,), the text is very much clear and simple.

My second try with the previous text

So, those who believed in the Phantom took him seriously; those who did not thought someone had just played a joke on him

Así que, aquellos que creían en el fantasma le tomaron en serio; los que no, pensaron que simplemente alguien les había gastado una broma.

Thanks again, Bill.

Question

The phantom of the opera. 2. If 'did', why 'thought'? Why not 'think'?
This sentence come from the adapted book for English learner "The phantom of the opera", and I don't understand it very well.

Those who did not thought someone had just played a joke on him.

My try:

Aquellos quienes no pensaban que alguien simplemente le había gastado una broma.

If 'did', why 'thought'? Why not 'think'?

Como no me fío de mi inglés lo pregunto en español. ¿Por qué si usa el verbo auxiliar 'did' en pasado, usa también el verbo principal 'think' en pasado? ¿o tal vez 'thought' no es un verbo en esta frase?With a comma (,), the text is very much clear and simple.

My second try with the previous text

So, those who believed in the Phantom took him seriously; those who did not thought someone had just played a joke on him

Así que, aquellos que creían en el fantasma le tomaron en serio; los que no, pensaron que simplemente alguien les había gastado una broma.

Thanks again, Bill.

Answer

extra punctuation may help

Those who did not,  thought someone had just played a joke on him.

"Those who did not" must refer to the previous sentence, I guess.

Those who did not think, someone had just played a joke on him.
does not make any sense.

Answer

"So, those who believed in the Phantom took him seriously; those who did not (take the Phantom seriously) thought someone had just played a joke on him."

It's quite normal for us to remove redundant words, leaving later clauses slightly condensed.

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