my friends thought i was dead. vs my friends thought i am dead.

The correct phrase is "my friends thought I was dead." The use of the past tense "was" is appropriate in this context to indicate that the action of thinking the speaker was dead occurred in the past.

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my friends thought i was dead.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to convey that the speaker's friends had the belief that the speaker was dead in the past.

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So everyone already thought I was dead.
And you thought I was dead.
Mr. Roberts thought I was dead.
Two years ago, the people of Starling City thought I was dead.
For a moment, after the crash... I thought I was dead.
When you pulled me out of that shark, I thought I was dead.
By the time I hit the ground I thought I was dead.
- So when the boat I tried to escape on sank, They thought I was dead.
Stuff you decided to have a little party with while you thought I was dead.
After I thought I was dead and gone, she was my first friend.
Now everyone wishes I was dead.
My eight-year-old thought I was dead when he found me.
I thought I was dead to her.
Well, I thought I was dead for sure.
I thought I was dead, too.
I thought I was dead to you, Bill Compton.
I must have, for I was dead.
The moment I stepped into Pretty Lake, I knew I was dead.
Police found my things at the wreckage and assumed I was dead.
He told everyone I was dead.

my friends thought i am dead.

This phrase is incorrect. The use of "am" in this context is not appropriate as it should be in the past tense.

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