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 #2 (permalink) Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:20 am 'Happen to know' vs 'know by chance' |
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What seems to be the problem?
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Oct 07, 2007 14:58 pm 'Happen to know' vs 'know by chance' |
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I know the correct answer is a, because is the only option with the auxiliary verb do. Although i don't know what the expression "happen to know" means
Can you explain me?
I learned to ask: Could you tell me...? Do you know...? but not this option showed here |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Oct 07, 2007 15:51 pm 'Happen to know' vs 'know by chance' |
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| Forastero wrote: |
I know the correct answer is a, because is the only option with the auxiliary verb do. Although i don't know what the expression "happen to know" means
Can you explain this to me?
I learned to ask: Could you tell me...? Do you know...? but not this option showed here |
"Happen to know" basically means "know by chance".
You could rephrase the sentence this way:
"Do you by any chance know where the subway station is?"
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Oct 07, 2007 16:15 pm 'Happen to know' vs 'know by chance' |
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| Oh, thanks a lot Amy. It's a very useful courtesy form. In spanish it's very common: "por casualidad" and I didn't know how to say it in english |
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Apr 26, 2010 22:42 pm 'Happen to know' vs 'know by chance' |
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Typo.
New York is such a big city. ......... wherethe subway station is?
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Apr 26, 2010 23:05 pm 'Happen to know' vs 'know by chance' |
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| Gheon wrote: |
Typo.
New York is such a big city. ......... wherethe subway station is? |
There is no typo in the first post:
"... where the subway station is?"
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:18 am 'Happen to know' vs 'know by chance' |
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No, but the space omission exists in the original test. The author will take care of that typo as soon as possible. Thanks, Gheon.
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