kadioguy
Key Member
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2017
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
[...]
"Los Angeles" alone is never used to refer to the county, which is always called "Los Angeles County" or "LA County".
I just got back from there on Saturday. As it happens, I was staying in a house in Los Angeles whose mailing address, along with the others in the neighborhood, is in the city of Santa Monica.
a. As it happens
b. As it happened
Are both OK here? I looked it up at https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/happen#happen_idmg_2
If that's true, why is (a) correct? Wasn't it in the past?
Last edited: