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Keyword indeed
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence I'm afraid that I won't be able to come to your wedding. Indeed, I'm giving a lecture on that day.
Correct Sentence I'm afraid that I won't be able to come to your wedding. As it happens, I'm giving a lecture on that day.
Cloze Error Sentence I'm afraid that I won't be able to come to your wedding. [[Indeed]], I'm giving a lecture on that day.
Cloze Sentence I'm afraid that I won't be able to come to your wedding. [[As it happens]], I'm giving a lecture on that day.
Cloze Answer As it happens
Choices Indeed | As it happens
Explanation

To show that something that you are about to mention is connected by chance with something you have mentioned before, use as it happens or it so happens that: 'We've just seen a really beautiful house and it so happens that it's for sale.'

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