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Discover LudwigThe phrase "I thought not" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to express disbelief or to indicate that you did not expect something to be true. Example: "When she said she would quit her job, I replied, 'I thought not; you love working there too much.'"
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"No, I thought not.
I thought not.
Initially I thought not.
"I thought, 'Not again.' ".
"I thought, Not another shooting!
No, I thought not either.
At the time I thought not.
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I was looking at Jim and he had the same face he did after I boxed Groves and I thought 'not again', but when they announced it, it was the best feeling in the world," admitted DeGale.
"I thought, 'not only is he going to get this role, he's the only person who can do it'".
"When I heard that, I thought, 'not in Mulberry!'" said Suzanne Carter-Moore.
"Given the amount of money it was going to cost the state treasury, I thought ― not just myself ― I thought all Minnesotans were entitled to answers and assurances," he said.
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