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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Find or found
If you just found out something and someone say the below which should you say?
It's better that you find out now than later.
It's better that you found out now than later.
It's just as well that I found out now.
It's better that you find out now than later.
It's better that you found out now than later.
It's just as well that I found out now.
Top answer
They all work. Talking about a single event, "found" is correct. As you say, you just found out, so it's now in the past.
- They all work.
- Talking about a single event, "found" is correct.
- As you say, you just found out, so it's now in the past.
- But we often use the present to make general or philosophical observations -- habituation.
- It would be similar to using the infinitive: It's better to find out now than to find out later.
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They all work.
Talking about a single event, "found" is correct. As you say, you just found out, so it's now in the past.
But we often use the present to make general or philosophical observations -- habituation.
It would be similar to using the infinitive: It's better to find out now than to find out later.
So I guess we can argue about "now." If I found
Talking about a single event, "found" is correct. As you say, you just found out, so it's now in the past.
But we often use the present to make general or philosophical observations -- habituation.
It would be similar to using the infinitive: It's better to find out now than to find out later.
So I guess we can argue about "now." If I found
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