Rotter Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Know and happen to know
Medicine has gone underground.
People prefer not to go to hospitals if they are ill, but furtively ask their friends if they happen to know a good doctor.
I would write 'if you know a good doctor'. What makes the difference between 'if you happen to know a good doctor' and ' if you know a good doctor'?
People prefer not to go to hospitals if they are ill, but furtively ask their friends if they happen to know a good doctor.
I would write 'if you know a good doctor'. What makes the difference between 'if you happen to know a good doctor' and ' if you know a good doctor'?
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It means something like "...if by any chance they know a good doctor."
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