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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Thought

Please tell me the difference between:

I thought that was what we were talking about. And

I had thought that was what we were talking about.
  

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Hi there, In the first sentence you are using the Past Simple form of the verb 'to think', whereas in the second sentence you are using the Past Perfect form of the same verb. You can understand these two sentences better by adding some additional information at the end. Hence, 1.

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  • Hi there, In the first sentence you are using the Past Simple form of the verb 'to think', whereas in the second sentence you are using the Past Perfect form of the same verb.
  • You can understand these two sentences better by adding some additional information at the end.
  • Hence, 1.
  • I thought that was what we were talking about when we were on the phone yesterday morning.
  • The final part of the sentence makes it clear that in this case the speaker is talking about something which happened in the past - a finished action in the past - which is one of the uses of the Past Simple Tense.
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Hi there,

In the first sentence you are using the Past Simple form of the verb 'to think', whereas in the second sentence you are using the Past Perfect form of the same verb. You can understand these two sentences better by adding some additional information at the end. Hence,

1. I thought that was what we were talking about when we were on the phone yesterday morning.
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