[Grammar] After "i thought"

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Khajak Vahanyan

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Hello people,

I am writing an email and need you help. Which one is correct:
I thought our status would be available by the end of March, or
I thought our status WILL be available by the endof March.

Thanks for help.
 
Hello people,

I am writing an email and need you help. Which one is correct:
I thought our status would be available by the end of March, or
I thought our status WILL be available by the endof March.

Thanks for help.

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The first one. Back-shifting is necessary here.

I thought our status would be available by the end of March.
 
Hello people,

I am writing an email and need you help. Which one is correct:
I thought our status would be available by the end of March, or
I thought our status WILL be available by the endof March.

Thanks for help.

Welcome to Using English. The first one is correct. If you want to use "will", you will have to change the sentence to present tense by substituting "think" for "thought".
 
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