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I find it very useful vs I found it very useful

Both of these phrases are correct, but are used in different contexts. 'I find it very useful' is present tense, indicating a current opinion or feeling. 'I found it very useful' is past tense, indicating that the usefulness was experienced in the past.
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This phrase is correct and commonly used to express a current opinion or feeling about something being useful.

"I find it very useful"

This phrase is used to convey that the speaker currently considers something to be very useful.

Examples:

  • I find it very useful to have a planner to organize my tasks.
  • I find it very useful to take notes during lectures.
  • Apr 25, 2023 ... Can I say “I find it very useful “? (Can “find” have this meaning?) Yes, it is absolutely correct. “Find” has a wide range of meanings, ...
  • Jan 2, 2021 ... ... yr. ago. enrimome. ADMIN MOD. Join. Options. Report. Do you know this program? I find it very useful ;). Discussion. This video cannot be played ...
  • Feb 2, 2021 ... This is possible with the NURBS geometry and I find it very useful, however, the SubD wires remain visible. If I modify the Shaded view from ...
  • Feb 18, 2020 ... Neat little (free) app to keep track of your collection on the go, I don't know if many people are aware of this app, but I find it very useful when I'm out ...
  • Oct 2, 2018 ... I find it very useful as well. WardenAlex June 13, 2020, 8:37am 27. Hi there :slightly_smiling_face: The search function is my primary method ...
  • Jan 11, 2024 ... I find it very useful. As far as I remember, I encountered a bug while creating a new registry which I fixed in my own fork of it GitHub ...
  • Hi guys,I have tried SDK for Linux and Windows and i find it very useful. I have some Solaris VMs in my environment and I would like to monitor applications ...
  • Apr 5, 2018 ... ... of the project progress, something from the “Findings” which I find it very useful. by the way, Agenda is good. hope more updates to …
  • Aug 4, 2019 ... Dear all, I am a new user of CellProfiler for a week now and I find it very useful. However I am facing an issue and I would be very ...
  • Aug 14, 2023 ... I find it very useful for the former since I can view the prototype alongside the source designs. For desktop it is useless. I'd like a way ...

Alternatives:

  • I think it's very useful
  • I believe it's very useful
  • I consider it very useful
  • I perceive it as very useful
  • I see it as very useful

This phrase is correct and commonly used to express that something was found to be useful in the past.

"I found it very useful"

This phrase is used to convey that the speaker found something to be very useful at a specific point in the past.

Examples:

  • I found it very useful to read that book before the exam.
  • I found it very useful to attend that workshop last year.
  • May 5, 2022 ... Sharing this because I found it very useful. These shop vac extractor attachments are $15 on Amazon and are so much more powerful than my ...
  • Jan 4, 2024 ... I read this somewhere…. I found it very useful in my personal and professional life. No alternative text description for this image. 53 ...
  • Sep 26, 2024 ... ... I found it very useful. Shader Baker lets you export your Three ... Just noticed this has not been made public here yet and wanted to share it as ...
  • Oct 10, 2020 ... ... I found it very useful on a course I did). In this video e.g. I see in minute 2.21: NOTE: H0=The data is from the normal distribution. Small ...
  • Jul 27, 2021 ... I normally keep the UI off at all times in a presentation, but with the introduction of flows I found it very useful to have the client view ...
  • May 3, 2018 ... ... I found it very useful and want to utilize. ... After trying many example ArcPy scripts of geo-processing, I found it very useful and want to ...
  • Jun 8, 2018 ... ... am an astronomy postdoc in Canada and I have been using the “Concentric_Circles” plugin for my research and I found it very useful. …
  • Jun 23, 2020 ... For years I found it very useful. This action unfortunately moves me to not trust dropbox. Sorry, but this is a pretty big issue. 1 Like. Reply ...
  • Aug 10, 2012 ... Its a very simple application, but I found it very useful so I thought I'd share it incase it could be useful for anyone else. Its a very ...
  • 2.0× long pres feature i found it very useful so i can skip some worst scenes.but after the new update its like(0.1X---2.0X----8X)tag appearing on screen ...

Alternatives:

  • I found it to be very useful
  • I discovered it was very useful
  • I realized it was very useful
  • I came to see it as very useful
  • I learned it was very useful

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