Happened
Consider the folowing sentence:
" In September 2012 in Russia, an 11-year-old boy named http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/zhenya-mammoth-find-russia_n_1940791.html happened upon an extremely well-preserved woolly mammoth carcass while walking his dogs. "
In this context, does 'happened' mean the same as 'come across'?
(And if so, is the verb 'happened' more refined than 'come across' to express this?)
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" In September 2012 in Russia, an 11-year-old boy named Yevgeny “Zhenya” Salinder happened upon an extremely well-preserved woolly mammoth carcass while walking his dogs. " The phrasal verb is ' happen upon '. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< In this context, does ' happened upon mean the same as 'c a me across'?
- " In September 2012 in Russia, an 11-year-old boy named Yevgeny “Zhenya” Salinder happened upon an extremely well-preserved woolly mammoth carcass while walking his dogs.
- " The phrasal verb is ' happen upon '.
- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< In this context, does ' happened upon mean the same as 'c a me across'?
- ) It's a more elegant and more 'educated' verb, if that's what you mean.
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" In September 2012 in Russia, an 11-year-old boy named Yevgeny “Zhenya” Salinder happened upon an extremely well-preserved woolly mammoth carcass while walking his dogs. "
The phrasal verb is 'happen upon'. <
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