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Can you explain the difference?
I thought you were asleep.
I thought you'd be asleep.
I thought you were sleeping.
6. Okt. 2013 14:47
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They all basically mean the same thing.
The first uses 'asleep' as an adjective. 'I believed, as a fact, that you were in a state of sleeping'
The second is much the same, but it contains an unstated condition. (I assumed, given what I knew that you would be in a state of sleep)
The third uses sleep as a verb. 'I believed, as a fact, that you were committing the act of sleeping.'
6. Oktober 2013
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