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Wowenglish Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Could have happened

I would like to know the meaning of "It could've happened!".

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but it did not happen.

  • but it did not happen.
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The situation in the past was such that there was a possibility...but it did not happen.
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Are you asking what it is that might have happened?

The child thought that as the water got hotter and hotter, he would eventually pop in the same way that popcorn does when you heat the dried kernels.

His mother reassures him that he was wrong - that his popping like popcorn could not have happened.

CJ

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