Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Happening"

A: Like what’s going on outside

If I was inside my house and I head screaming in the street, I would say “what is happening out there?”

A: Do you mean 'Where are we getting at with this happening in Japan?'?

Then, it mean 'Please explain why this happened in Japan.'

A: “I couldn’t imagine this happening to me” means that the person couldn’t think of that situation/problem occurring!

-ing is in the word “happen” because it makes it present tense!

A: When it happed, the train did not derail.

A: It's asking "What are the events that are planned today"

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A: is correct. Another thing to note is that “What’s happening?” Could also be used as a informal and casual greeting similar to “What’s up?” Or “How’s it going?” :)

A: “What is happening to this country right now?”

“Jane programmed all the events for this evening.”

“The performances will be ongoing.”

“The performers will be doing a variety of acts.”

A: " I remember this happening to me once as well. " = You always remembered, you didn't forget

"I just remembered this happening to me once as well" = You forgot, but remembered just now

Good question

A: "Whats happening?" is asking more about an event that's occuring at the moment. You can refer to this phrase when something new or major is occuring in a specific place.

"What's going on?" is asking more about the situation. You can use this phrase when talking about the actions between 2 more people about a situation.

例えば、

A: What's happening?
B: There is a new station that's being built near the countryside.

A: "What's going on?"
B: My friend broke my remote and I'm angry because he didn't apologize.

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A: what is happening?

A: × Because I’ve finally gotten that shocking happening sorted out lately, I would like to wright it down here.
✓ Because I’ve finally gotten that shocking situation sorted out, I would like to write it down here.

× One day, I had the class at university that a teacher divided students into gropes and let them discuss.
✓ One day, I had a class at university where the teacher divides students into groups and lets them discuss.

× The happening happened before starting the class.
✓ The whole thing happened before class started.

× All of the sudden a cute girl, whom I’ve never met, sit just behind me and tapped me on the shoulder, asking my full name.
✓ All of the sudden a cute girl, whom I’ve never met, sat just behind me and tapped me on the shoulder, asking my full name.

× My brin worked immediately to understand the extreme rea situation.
✓ My brain worked immediately to understand the situation.

× I interrupted her actions as romantic interest in the three seconds after meeting her.
✓ I interpreted her actions as romantic interest in just three seconds after meeting her.

× What’s worse, going by what she said, the reason why she sit nearby me was because she knew that we were the same group and she wanted to make sure my name.
✓ What’s worse, going by what she said, the reason why she sat nearby me was because she knew that we were in the same group and she wanted to make sure of my name.

Lol, so dramatic.

A: If you want to sound serious then you should avoid repetition, but if you want it to be more playful, then definitely you should emphasize forgetting twice. However, in order for that to have effect, you need to work the whole sentence more fluently, otherwise it just sounds awkward.

I came to pick up the bike I forgot, and realized I forgot to bring the key for its chain.

Or you can rephrase it completely like: I forgot my bike somewhere, went to pick it up, but forgot the key for its chain.

A: The first one means it is currently happening, the second one means it's likely to happen at any moment!

A: I'm not sure whether or not this is a normal occurrence here in New Zealand, however, earlier this year, in my absence, someone hit my parked car and drove away. There was a witness but she didn't see the plate number. Luckily, however, she remembered the name of the company that was printed on the car. I reported everything to my insurance company and they emailed the offending company. But, they didn't admit to it and now everything is up in the air.

A: There is mind-control happening in the sentence ‘‘all you need to do is... ’’ which directly involves the reader as a target by including the pronoun ‘you’, building a personal relationship between the advertisement and the individual.

I think it's better with a singular reader and target. This stands for all readers, so it means the same.

Very good sentence! ☀️