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Happened Made Angry Happen Subject Sentence Front Unexpected

Idx 1288
Keyword happen
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Then happened something that made me very angry.
Correct Sentence Then something happened that made me very angry.
Cloze Error Sentence Then [[happened something]] that made me very angry.
Cloze Sentence Then [[something happened]] that made me very angry.
Cloze Answer something happened
Choices something happened | happened something
Explanation

The subject of the sentence comes in front of happen (NOT after it): 'Something unexpected has happened.' 'Something has happened that I think you ought to know about.'

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