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Happened vs. occurred?



 
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Happened vs. occurred? Mon Oct 25, 2004 20:48 pm  Happened vs. occurred?		  
Test No. incompl/elem-27 "Sailing", question 3

Why, what .........?

(a) happened
(b) occurred
(c) arrived
(d) evolved

Test No. incompl/elem-27 "Sailing", answer 3

Why, what happened?

Correct answer: (a) happened

Your answer was: incorrect
Why, what occurred?
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Happened Mon Oct 25, 2004 21:00 pm  Happened		  
Occurred is too formal and would only be used with words like situation or incident.

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