Hmm, I don't believe it is wrong.Originally Posted by Vincent Tailors
Take the verb "to say" instead of "to write" and you have:
"I thought you said that your teacher denied the second meaning" - Sounds perfectly normal
On the other hand...
"I thought that you had said that your teacher denied the second meaning" - Sounds terrible, no one would ever say that.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that "I thought" is not really referring to the past in this case, but rather expresses uncertainty. "I think you wrote that your teacher denied the second meaning" has different connotations. "Thought" in this case is really referring to the present so your not really comparing between two events... eg
I thought you entered the room at 5.
I thought you ate at John's.
But
I thought that you had already entered the room when Jane arrived. (comparing two past events)
Anyway, I don't know much about grammar, only what sounds right. So maybe it is technically incorrect, but to me it sounds perfectly normal."Hardly had he entered the room, when he heard someone's voice"