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The phrase "what happened instead" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a specific event or outcome that occurred instead of the expected or anticipated one. Example: After weeks of planning, the outdoor concert had to be cancelled due to heavy rain. What happened instead was that they moved the concert indoors to a smaller venue.
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What happened instead was very strange.
What happened instead was the Holocaust".
What happened instead was the downside of globalization.
What happened instead, he said, "was a real abdication of responsibility by Condi".
What happened instead, Lessig laments, is that judges sided completely with the "dinosaurs".
But we know what happened instead, and now here comes another Bush (almost) running again.
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So what happens instead of reorganization these days? A. Companies are liquidated.
Of course, what happens instead is a dazzling parade of moneyed inanity.
So what happens instead is that your currency depreciates, making exporters and import-competing industries more competitive.
What happens instead is "churning" — minor moves in which the new home pretty much replicates the environment and the conditions of the old home.
What happens instead is "churning"—minor moves in which the new home pretty much replicates the environment and the conditions of the old home.
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