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SSY Jung Posted 11 years ago
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Dear members

"There happened to be no one at home."

The sentence above seems to me unusual to commonly use.
Am I right?

Thanks

SSY
  

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It is correct and natural English.

  • It is correct and natural English.
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It is correct and natural English.
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SSY JungThere happened to be ...
Also, It so happened that there was ...

It may not be the most common expression in the English language, but it does occur often enough.

See http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=%22there+happened+t

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