a. What happened with you and John that you aren't talking anymore?
b. What happened with me and John was that he was extremely rude to me once.
Are the above sentences correct?
anonymous Are the above sentences correct? They are both good colloquial American English.
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anonymousAre the above sentences correct?
They are both good colloquial American English.
I don't think it's incorrect but the answer is somewhat long for a conversation. You may say,
-The thing is that he was extremely rude to me once.
-What happened is that he was extremely rude to me once.
-He was extremely rude to me once.