5 exercises — practise introducing a coincidental fact with "as it happens".
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Which sentence correctly uses "as it happens" to introduce a coincidentally relevant fact?
"As it happens, I fixed a very similar bug in this exact module last week" correctly keeps the fixed phrase in standard order with the verb "happens" agreeing with the singular "it". Option B wrongly drops the "-s". Options C and D scramble the word order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "as it happens" mid-sentence, set off by commas, to add a coincidentally useful detail?
"The reviewer, as it happens, worked on the original implementation..." correctly inserts the fixed phrase between commas, keeping subject-verb agreement and word order intact. Options B, C, and D each break the phrase's fixed form.
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "as it happens" (a coincidental connection to the current topic) from "in fact" (emphasizing that a statement is true, often more true than expected)?
"As it happens, I have this exact log file open right now; in fact, I was reviewing it just before you asked" correctly uses "as it happens" to flag the coincidence and "in fact" to intensify the following claim. Options B, C, and D swap or merge the two phrases, weakening the intended distinction.
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Which sentence correctly uses "as it happens" to introduce a coincidentally timed event relevant to a discussion of an outage?
"As it happens, the certificate expired at almost exactly the same moment as the failover..." correctly uses the present-tense verb "happens", not the participle "happening". Option B wrongly uses "-ing". Options C and D scramble the word order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "as it happens" to close a paragraph with a coincidentally relevant closing fact?
"As it happens, we already have one running for a different service that has spare capacity" correctly opens the sentence with the fixed phrase in standard word order and subject-verb agreement. Options B, C, and D each scramble the phrase or drop the required "-s" ending.