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Discover Ludwig"I rather thought" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that something comes as no surprise to you, similar to phrases like "I suspected as much" or "I figured as much". For example: "I noticed he had been acting strange lately, so I rather thought he had been avoiding me."
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'I rather thought it would be you,' he said".
"I rather thought it would be you," said Philby, when Elliott turned up.
I rather thought, at the polling station, that both the Yes and the No camps had won – for disturbingly opposite reasons.
I'm Dave, I've appeared from nowhere, but I rather thought you'd like to know I can also mix things up with standard English.
"I rather thought that there would be some sort of plan and the government had thought this through, and I was clearly wrong," he said.
At least two went down, with one receiving an encouraging burst of applause, and I rather thought — or maybe hoped — that Rem Koolhaas, the architect, might spring forward and perform a fireman's lift on a girl whose ankles gave out.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com