Could you please check the sentences below?
[Her illness was more serious than we thought it was at first.]
or
[Her illness was more serious than we had thought it was at first.]
#1 is better, particularly when you include 'at first', which seems to allude to a particular point in time.
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#1 is better, particularly when you include 'at first', which seems to allude to a particular point in time.