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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

what happen/s

0 1. She heard what happens02br
00 2. She heard what happen02br
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00(source: nytimes.com) both 02br
00Which is correct? I thought the second one is the correct one since "she heard the window break(base form of verb) " is correct0-
  

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1i00She heard 01u00it02u00 happen02i00 would be okay, but 02br
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01i00She heard what happened02i00 to describe a specific incident, and 02br
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01i00She heard what happens02i00 to describe a situation that routintely happens.0-
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0 Hi,02br
00I couldn't find the second one in the NY Times. Anyway, it must have been a typo. 050010id1
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0 i searched it by using this "what happen" without "she heard" i thought i wouldn't make any difference02br
00I think it's just because "what" is always a subjective pronoun so it doesn't act like an objective pronoun0-

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