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dido4



Joined: 23 Dec 2005
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PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:14 pm    Post subject: happended Reply with quote

I got these two sentences from a test:

A big fire happened last month.
I didn't experienced it.

Join these two into:
I didn't experience the big fire last month.

Q1:Can we say this way:
I didn't experience the big fire happened last month.

Q2:If Q1 is ok, what are the differences between happened and happening?
I didn't experience the big fire happened / happening last month.

Q3: How to explain the sentence structure with happened/happening?

Thank you
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Jerry Chen



Joined: 26 Jan 2006
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PostPosted: Wed May 03, 2006 4:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The correct sentence is:

I didn't experience the big fire happening last month.

You can also say:

I didn't experience the big fire that/which happened last month.

When that/which is omitted, we should use happening.
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