find it difficult to do sth
fixed phr..fixed phr.. You use this phrase to say that something is hard for you to do. It expresses that you have a personal challenge with an action.
fixed phr.. A common construction used to express that the subject experiences a particular action (the infinitive clause) as challenging. The pronoun 'it' functions as a dummy object anticipating the clause.
He finds it difficult to speak in public.
Many older people find it difficult to use new technology like smartphones.
The commission found it difficult to reconcile the conflicting testimonies from the various witnesses.
The adjective 'difficult' can be replaced with others like 'hard', 'easy', or 'impossible'.
Teach this as a chunk, 'find it + adjective + to + verb', and contrast it with the simpler form 'verb-ing + is + adjective' (e.g., 'Speaking in public is difficult').
I find difficult to understand this.I find it difficult to understand this.The dummy object 'it' is required between the verb 'find' and the adjective 'difficult'.