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Interventizio Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Come To

Hi
Can I use "come to" as a substitute of "happen to". Ex.:
"Oh, the cosy atmosphere I came to experience during my staying in that resort!"
Thank you.
  

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I came to experience X. X happened to me. Yes.

  • I came to experience X.
  • X happened to me.
  • Yes.
  • To my mind, 'came to' also hints that it happened by accident .
  • Clive
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I came to experience X.
X happened to me.

Yes.
To my mind, 'came to' also hints that it happened by accident.

Clive
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InterventizioOh, the cozy atmosphere I came to experience during my staying in my stay at that resort!
I don't see this as exactly the same as " ... I happened to experience ..." in the given sentence.

For something to happen to occur sounds like a description of an une

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