Meaning of "happens"
I found the following sentence on a one of Youtube videos that I've watched. What I cannot understand is the usage of "happens". Therefore, I would be really grateful, if someone could explain the meaning of "happens" in the following sentence. In addition, please provide me with a website link if it's available to learn more about the usage of "happens" under such circumstance.
But if species is young enough, and the DNA happens to be readable, then scientists can use it for genome editing.
https://youtu.be/F-clYzqPTE4?t=86
Furthermore, does following sentence has the similar meaning as the above one.
But if species is young enough, and the DNA is readable, then scientists can use it for genome editing.
Top answer
"Happen" derives from the old word for "chance", "hap". "Happen" usually means "occur", but it still retains much of the old meaning in many of its uses. q=happen
- "Happen" derives from the old word for "chance", "hap".
- "Happen" usually means "occur", but it still retains much of the old meaning in many of its uses.
- q=happen
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"Happen" derives from the old word for "chance", "hap". "Happen" usually means "occur", but it still retains much of the old meaning in many of its uses. In this case, it you could rewrite the sentence thus: "But if species is young enough, and the DNA by some chance is readable, then scientists can use it for genome editing."
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