I couldn't find vs I couldn't found

The correct phrase is 'I couldn't find.' 'Found' is the past tense form of 'find,' so it is incorrect to use 'found' after 'couldn't.' 'Couldn't find' refers to the inability to locate something.

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I couldn't find

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'I couldn't find' to express the inability to locate something in the past.

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I couldn't find a taxi.
I couldn't find a vase.
I couldn't find the village elder.
I couldn't find your ipod.
After the crash, I couldn't find my license.
I couldn't find the room.
I couldn't find Hannah anywhere.
I couldn't find any differentials.
I couldn't find green lemons.
I couldn't find Mickey Mouse's star on Hollywood Boulevard yesterday.
Major, I couldn't find the white pipe.
So I couldn't find the kid a doll.
I couldn't find today's newspaper.
I couldn't find a flower.
I couldn't find any reports of jewellery theft.
I couldn't find what you asked for, sir.
I couldn't find any back accounts, either.
And I couldn't find your lice shampoo.
I couldn't find anything more specific than that.
I couldn't find any note of Thorp Agriservices ever being cross-checked.

I couldn't found

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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I couldn't find I found a light beer, a peach wine cooler, and a Lunchable.
I couldn't imagine how they found out about it.
If I had given this talk last year, I couldn't do what I just did, because I couldn't have found those photos.
I think I couldn't be happier you found such an incredible guy.
If it hadn't been for your father, for his faith in me, I couldn't ever have found the key to a longer life.
for I couldn't imagine worse- found me lacking in both resignation and courage,
Why couldn't I have found the portal to a younger body?
Listen if you hadn't found me and carried me back, I could have died.
Structural damage wasn't found until last month.
If you haven't found anything...
And I still haven't found the dog you stole from me.
Well, it would, if I hadn't found antifreeze on the victim's right hand, which was found at a different dump site.
I wanted to talk, but I haven't found anything.
You still haven't found the key.
We haven't found any new psychic photos here either.
So far they haven't found any sign of them.
We haven't found anything suggesting a malfunction.
Yes, and we haven't found Sarah yet.
We haven't found the gun yet.
Chief, so far we haven't found any clues.

Alternatives:

I couldn't find
I was unable to find
I didn't locate
I failed to find
I couldn't discover

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