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tense after "thought"

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00Are these correct?02br
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00I thought he is a doctor. -- This will be OK if he is still a doctor??02br
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00I thought we decided on that.02br
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00I thought we had decided on that. -- This makes time events more clear?0-
  

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02b 02i 02br 00After certain verbs in the past, for example "knew" or "thought", present tenses don't sound good. But "decided" and "had decided" are both past tenses, so they are both acceptable (yes, the sequence of events is more clear in your last example) 050010id1

— Kooyeen

  • 02b 02i 02br 00After certain verbs in the past, for example "knew" or "thought", present tenses don't sound good.
  • But "decided" and "had decided" are both past tenses, so they are both acceptable (yes, the sequence of events is more clear in your last example) 050010id1
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0 Hi,02br
00you need to say 01i01b00"I thought he was a doctor".02b02i02br
00After certain verbs in the past, for example "knew" or "thought", present tenses don't sound good. But "decided" and "had decided" are both past tenses, so they are both acceptable (yes, the sequence of events is more clear in your last example) 050010id1
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