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What does "You don't happen to know his name, do you?" What is the logic of "happen" here? Is it like "was, were" here? mean?
What does "You don't happen to know his name, do you?" What is the logic of "happen" here? Is it like "was, were" here? mean?
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- English (US)
it means "Do you know his name? You probably don't, but I will ask you, just in case."
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it means "Do you know his name? You probably don't, but I will ask you, just in case."
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@paulf9765 Thank you very much! But it seems to me that there is only one verb in this structure😊 And "I happen to know his brother" ?
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