She came to realize that it was a coincidence.

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She came to realize that it was a coincidence.She got to realize that it was fate.She came to realize it was something by chance.Do all of the above convey a similar concept? Thanks.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

The last two are not good constructions.

Angliholic · Answer

Mister MicawberThe last two are not good constructions.

Thanks, Mister.

But could you help me revise them so as to convey the same idea as the first one?

Mister Micawber · Answer

For instance:

She eventually realized that it was fortuitous.
She came to see that it was just chance.

Avangi · Answer

Angliholic
She came to realize that it was a coincidence.

She got to realize that it was fate.

She came to realize it was something by chance.

Do all of the above convey a similar concept? Thanks.

Hi Angliholic,

The first one requires two seemingly independent occurences [co - incidence] coming together to produce a special result which isn't attributable to any outside influence. The others could be single events or combined events.

The third one is usually a case where the odds are 50-50 the result can be A or B, and it turns out to be A [or B].

The second one [often] implies that "fate" has some mysterious power to control our destinies.

That's my view.

I surely agree with Mr. M's appraisal of the constructions. I'm just comparing: coincidence/fate/chance.

- A.

Angliholic · Answer

Thanks, Mister and Avangi.

Got it.

She came to realize that it was a coincidence.

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