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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

to cause a lot of happiness

Hello,
Does the sentence: "The birth of their grandson caused a lot of happiness in the family" sound odd? I probably must use "bring happiness", but does this version sound too bad?

Thank you
  

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Gene93 The birth of their grandson caused brought a lot of happiness in to the family.

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  • Gene93 The birth of their grandson caused brought a lot of happiness in to the family.
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Gene93The birth of their grandson caused brought a lot of happiness in to the family.
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Thank you. Yes, I am familiar with this construction. Could you tell me what is wrong with "cause"?

Thank you again Emotion: smile
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Gene93Could you tell me what is wrong with "cause"?
It does not collocate naturally with "happiness."
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But it does with other emotions, doesn't it? At least that's what some dictionaries say.
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Possibly, but your question was about "happiness", wasn't it?
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