than I'd thought/I thought they'd be

[EngLearner]

Yesterday, we went to the eat-as-much-as-you-like restaurant. I didn't look at the menu, and I ordered some food and drinks. When the bill came, the prices were much higher than I'd thought/I thought they'd be.

Which of the options is correct in the above sentence? If both are correct, then do you have a preference? Thanks in advance.

 

[teechar]

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[EngLearner]

When the bill came, the prices were much higher than I thought they'd be.

The simple past "I thought" kind of makes "they'd be" sound illogical because "they'd be" refers to the future, i.e. at the time the bill came, I thought (then) that some time from then the prices would be...

When the bill came, the prices were much higher than I'd thought they'd be.

I started eating and I thought that the prices would be low when I had to pay after the meal, but, when the bill came, it turned out that they were high.

Does the above reasoning make sense to anyone? Thanks.

 

[teechar]

Did you even bother to read my post above?

 

[EngLearner]

Did you even bother to read my post above?

Sure.

outline why you were not satisfied with the answers you received already.

The reason is simple: one answer does not constitute a representative sample.

 

[jutfrank]

You don't seem to be going about getting a representative sample very successfully.

 

[teechar]

Sure.

Right then. To put it bluntly: don't do it again.

 

[EngLearner]

Right then. To put it bluntly: don't do it again.

Okay.