happens
- 1Third-person singular simple present of happen.
Nothing happens in this town without everyone hearing about it.
A total eclipse happens only when the moon passes directly between the earth and the sun.
Note
Agreement with a singular subject is only half the story, because the subject is often an empty it, as in it so happens that or as it happens. When an infinitive follows, the form shifts from occurrence to chance. She happens to know the owner does not mean that knowing takes place; it means she knows the owner by luck. Read the construction first, then the meaning.
It so happens that the train was late that morning.
She happens to know the owner of the gallery.
happens is a form of happen
happen, verb: To take place or come about as an event. Full entry
- Spelling
- happen → happens: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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