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tomm
9 oct 2015

  • Coreano
  • Japonés
  • Coreano
  • Chino simplificado
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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre What happened to him? y What's happened to him? ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.

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tingfeng92
9 oct 2015

  • Inglés (UK)
  • Chino simplificado Casi fluido
  • Inglés (US)

What's happened is an incorrect usage. What's happening is acceptable!

He looks unusually tired today, what happened to him?

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9 oct 2015

What's happened to him is also correct usage. It's a contraction for "what has."

What happened to him?
What has happened to him?

They both refer to something happening in the past, but using "what has" makes it feel like it happened more recently (조금 전에)

tomm
9 oct 2015

  • Coreano
I'm watching an old movie 'in the heat of the night'.
She said "what's happened to him".
http://youtu.be/3vjhWzjeJVQ

Please see 0:50.
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lrika
9 oct 2015

  • Inglés (US)

What's happened to him (what has happened to him) is present perfect form. It is often interchangeable with the past tense,
What happened to him.
The nuance is that present perfect is used when talking about something in the past that continues up to the present moment. That is why it is used here.

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tomm
9 oct 2015

  • Coreano
Thank you all!
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kyungsoo0112
19 ene 2020

  • Inglés (US) Casi fluido
  • Filipino

The meaning is almost the same, but not quite. You would use "What happened?" to refer to an event in the past; "What's happened?" refers to an event in the recent past which has an effect on the present.

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