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May 28, 2020 · "I just happened to be nearby" implies that being nearby was what made it occur to X that it would be convenient to use the bathroom. Honestly, I'm trying to think of a situation in which I'd have a clear preference for one over the other, and I'm failing.
Sep 7, 2015 · No, not at all. In both cases, something "happened". It is a fact, not just a possibility. To say "happened to be" or "happened to have" implies that it could have happened by chance (not likely for a degree in computer science—that would necessarily be intentional). It does not include an iota of chance that the thing might NOT have happened.
Apr 15, 2017 · The perfect infinitive also encompasses the past, so I happened to have observed would generally be used if you were talking about two past times – one time in the past that is the focus of the conversation, and earlier times in the past when you observed it. –
Jan 16, 2013 · The simple past is most often formed from the preterite form of the verb ("It happened"), but sometimes for emphasis, inversion of - as in this case - negation, it is formed with forms of do: "It didn't happen". The form "It was not happened" doesn't match any construction for any tense, and is incorrect.
Mar 29, 2014 · 3. In general, the word for something that only happens once is "unique". But in your example you mean that each person's life just happens once, which is a little different. If you said, "My life is unique" or "My life is a unique event", people would understand you to mean that your life is special and different from everyone else's, not that ...
Aug 1, 2016 · Aug 1, 2016 at 12:39. They have different tempus, but "what happened" (imperfect) is correct while "what happen" (presens) isn't. The reason "what happen" is incorrect is that the subject is 3rd person singular which requires an "s" on the verb. Correct presens form would be "what happens". – skyking.
Happen to know means something like You might not expect me to know, but I do.It often implies that I have privy knowledge: somebody's told me a secret, or I know about something before it is published.
Jul 1, 2012 · The present perfect does NOT imply that the action happened just now. "The message has been sent" can be used if the message was sent just now, or yesterday, or last month. So the first paragraph of this answer is incorrect. Also, "the message was sent" could be used for a message that was sent just now.
Also, you have to take into context the type of scenario. It sometimes pays to be a little more forceful if the situation calls for, so you could also say things like: "The public deserves to know how and why this has happened.", or "There are many unanswered questions as to how and why this happened."
Aug 21, 2017 · @GEdgar Or A terrorist attack just happened in Barcelona. The just needs to precede the verb it is qualifying; e.g. I just saw a golden eagle. There is an informal idiom in Britain, little used, but where a person says, when asked when something occurred "Oh, it happened just". But it is colloquial. –
