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puzzle
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 Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject: take place |
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Dear teachers,
Can you tell me how to distinguish "happen" & " take place"as in the following sentence:
We have never discovered what took place between the couple.
Can we use "happen" here? And can we say "the accident took place"?
Thank you very much! |
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pinenut
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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Location: Illinois, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:57 am Post subject: Re: take place |
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| puzzle wrote: |
Dear teachers,
Can you tell me how to distinguish "happen" & " take place"as in the following sentence:
We have never discovered what took place between the couple.
Can we use "happen" here? And can we say "the accident took place"?
Thank you very much! |
Yes, we can say:
We have never discovered what happened between the couple.
This statement implies that something unplanned took place between the couple.
We also can say: The accident took place on January 25, 2010.
We can use 'happen' only for the unplanned events while 'take place' can be use for both planned and unplanned events. |
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