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Musicgold Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

sentences for correction

Hi,



Are the following sentences correct?



1. What happening was my computer was trying to save a file that was read-only.

What happened was that he never reached the final stage of the race



Thanks,



MG.
  

Top answer

Do you want to say this, or write it? If you want to write it, just delete "What happened" from the first and "What happened was that" from the second. As speech, this sounds very normal.

— BarbaraPA

  • Do you want to say this, or write it?
  • If you want to write it, just delete "What happened" from the first and "What happened was that" from the second.
  • As speech, this sounds very normal.
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My opinion is that sentences like "What happened was..." or "What it is" occur more often in conversation and a lot less often in writing.Do you want to say this, or write it? If you want to write it, just delete "What happened" from the first and "What happened was that" from the second.

As speech, this sounds very normal.
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Grammar Geek,

Thanks. Yes, I plan to use those sentences in conversation.
The first sentences, using happening, appeared little awkward to me, and therefore, I asked the question.

Thanks,

MG.
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Yes, in real life we say stuff like that all the time.

A: What happened? Why isn't it done?
B: What happened? You want to know what happened?! What happened was first... then... and just to top it all off, my computer...! THAT is what happened!

Then there's my favorite "What it is, is..."
A: Glurkybitz? What in the world is "glurkybitz"?
B: What it is, is when you...
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Grammar Geek,

Thanks a lot.
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