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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a topic happens" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in contexts discussing the emergence or occurrence of a subject or theme, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "In our discussion, a topic happens to arise that we hadn't considered before."
Alternatives: "a topic emerges" or "a topic arises".
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Make sure everything you say has some sense of intelligence and thoughtfulness about it but be careful not to keep going on and on just because a topic happens to be your pet passion or peeve.
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But if the topic happens to be the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, the transition isn't such a stretch.
Yes, that topic happens to be gaming, but if, like me, that's your thing then you'll love (and no doubt, therefore, have already heard of and devoted your life to) Good Game.
Everything will go much more smoothly if we just take care of identity or content management or whatever the topic happens to be, but that's not the way companies work of course.
As part of the relatively small science policy community in Washington, I am also well positioned to observe all of the political battles of the day and get the inside scoop on whatever hot science policy topic happens to be splashed across the nation's newspapers.
In other words, he improvises, a topic he happens to know a lot about.
Below is a centrally located collection of tried and true Philly bar spots (a topic I happen to know a fair amount about) that convention-goers may find themselves nearby.
One potentially powerful use for it will be to showcase trending topics happening in specific places.
Those topics happen to match some of the featured categories in our Startup Alley, which ensure we have plenty of founders in on the discussion.
Reacher's laundry, as it happens, is a topic of some concern among the readers who visit Child's Web site.
"It just happened that a topic came up about it and it does make me sad, it does get to me, it does obviously bother me, so I couldn't help but shed the tears unfortunately".
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