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What's the difference between 'what happened?' and 'what's happened?'
I normally heard 'what happened', and last time I had a talk with one friend, he use'what's happened'. I know it's 'what has happened',but I don't get the difference. Could someone explain it to me? Thank you very much!
2016年8月2日 14:33
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What happened? = simple perfect (past) time aspect*
What's happened? = What has happend = present perfect time aspect*
The difference is very slight, but "What happened?" is a question about a past event that has already been completed.
"What's happened" implies that the action happened in the past, but the situation is still present and possibly (not necessarily) still happening.
*Note that we talk about these forms as "time aspects" and not "tenses," because a time aspect is slightly different than a tense in linguistic science.
2016年8月2日
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What's happened is short form of what has happened.
What has happened to your dress?There is a flaw on your dress.
What happened?
Refers to something happened in The past, it could be 2 minutes ago, or last week.
What happened in Orlando on June, 12, 2016?
2016年8月2日
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