Thread: Looking for language exchange

Originally Posted by kgcole

In the sentence you're referring to, I said "I thought" because I was referring to a thought I had in the past. The past tense of "think" is "thought"....so, "I thought you said...".

But I suppose you keep believing him to be a good artist even now. If so, you mislead me by saying "I thought", right?

Originally Posted by Helenej

But I suppose you keep believing him to be a good artist even now. If so, you mislead me by saying "I thought", right?

I can see what you're saying...though I'd say that generally the context dictates the clarity of the thought...that I think the artist was notable, and I'm expressing a past thought of mine. My use of "Another artist..." suggests that I'm making a solid comparison of the skill. Here is where I think English differs a lot from Russian. Russian does require clarification in the sentence....often English is implied or understood in context. Maybe that's what you meant by saying English is analytical, and Russian is synthetical.