tortoise.livejournal.com ([identity profile] tortoise.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sillygoosegirl 2006-08-16 04:36 pm (UTC)

In my idiolect, it depends on whether or not it takes an indirect object: "I trust my friend with my car" implies an actual tendency to give your friend your car keys (otherwise, you'd say "I would trust my friend with my car"). "I trust my friend", on the other hand, is more hypothetical.

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