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Discover LudwigThe phrase "took place when" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to refer to something that happened at a specific time or moment in the past. For example: The meeting took place when it was already dark outside.
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"The genocide took place when I was too young.
That event took place when I was 24.
It took place when Soviet cosmonauts were going from one space ship to another in space.
Writer remembers an incident that took place when he was a young man in Memphis, Tenn.
Here, the killing took place when school was out of session.
My memory for details of where something took place, when it happened, is very spotty.
"That looseness and freedom took place when I brought order to my life.
The first clash took place when the convoy ran into the roadblock.
Drastic changes took place when the Sino-Japanese War began in 1937.
"There's hiring that took place when it wouldn't normally take place," Mr. Shapiro said.
My glimpse took place when my band opened for Blur, in 1992.
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