Difference between と and とは？
For example in below sentences
そんなに大きいと思わなかった。
and
そんなに大きいとは思わなかった。
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1+1 because it is a good question but the example sentence are not the best because each can mean two VERY different things.– user4032Jun 3, 2015 at 7:15
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6そんなに大きいとは思わなかった can mean 1. I didn't expect it would be so big (before I saw it). 2. I didn't think it was that big (when I saw it).– chocolate ♦Jun 4, 2015 at 6:34
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@Unknown Forgive me but those statements seem equivalent to me. (I am an English native)– paullbJun 4, 2015 at 8:37
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2@paullb Hmm? (1) is like そんなに大きいとは思っていなかったが、実際に見てみると、意外に大きかった。I had not expected it to be so big. It was bigger than I had expected. Contrary to my expectations, it was big. (2) is like 私はそれをそんなに大きいとは思わなかった。むしろ小さいと思った。I saw it and didn't think it was big. Rather, I thought it was quite small. When I saw it, I had an impression that it was not big.– chocolate ♦Jun 4, 2015 at 10:16
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2 Answers
In this case, there is very little difference, although the latter strikes me as a bit more common.
I would categorize the は in the latter sentence as a contrastive wa: "(I knew it was big, but) I didn't think it was this big".
I think the は in とは is an emphasis on と
