Re: I find/found it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.

New2grammar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:38:17 GMT

My take:

Peaceblinkfriend
Suppose I found this to be the case some time ago and I still find this to hold true

Depends on your emphasis. I would use the present tense unless I was referring to a particular incident in the past.

I find/found it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.

a car? Only if you want to be general. Not very natural in most cases, unless you are a DOT officer analyzing how parking friendly the street is.

The car is OK. doesn't sound like your car. It makes me think you had difficulty parking a rental car or someone else's car which you're not used to either because of the size or manuverabitly of it.

Or just "PARK along ..." It's understood.

The curb - specific curb.

A curb - any curb. very general just like the explanation for a car.

My explanation may not be correct though I'm quite confident it is :) . Just my opinion.

I find/found it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.

Peaceblinkfriend — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:22:17 GMT

I find it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.

I found it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.

Suppose I found this to be the case some time ago and I still find this to hold true, what should I say? Should I use the present tense or the past tense?

Also, could you please tell me what articles I should use here?

Thank you in advance.

PBF

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Re: I find/found it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.

I find/found it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.