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Last week, I went a local park which is ( or was ) a very famous place in the city. My landloard told me the previous tenant was used to go there, too.
I did enjoy the beautiful scenery and I spent a whole afternoon napping there.
* The part is very famous now. If I use the past tense, will you feel that was famous before but not famous now.
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Yes. Using "was" means either:
the park still exists but is not famous anymore
the park does not exist anymore but is still famous
the park does not exist anymore and is not famous anymore
Using "is" means:
the park still exists and is still famous
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Yuki is correct in her alterations, although the My landlord sentence should read:
My landlord told me that the previous tenant used to go there too. (No was in that sentence).
Yuki has also corrected the sentence "I did enjoy ....." I agree that Yukis sentence sounds better but you could still use your original, however, including the word "did" would emphasise the fact that you enjoyed it - for example, if you were not expecting to.
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"is"because the park is there now it's a place it's not the thing that you did in the past so it's no need to use past tense for it.
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Last week, I went TO a local park which IS a very famous place in the city. My LANDLORD told me THAT the previous tenant was used to go there, too.
I ENJOYED the beautiful scenery and I spent THE whole afternoon napping there.
I hope this helps. Feel free to correct me if you have something in mind. :)
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