2006-08-25 18:25:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
They are both correct. "What's happened" is a contraction of "What has happened?" Has is unnecessary in the context of the question in as much as "happened" indicates the past tense and where sometimes the helping verb "has" would be necessary, this is not the case here.
Who are all the 4th grade drop-outs who believe that "What's happened" is a contraction for "What is happened?" What does that MEAN? Is - present tense, happened - past tense. What IS HAPPENING? What HAS HAPPENED.
2006-08-25 18:30:48 · answer #1 · answered by jc20155 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unless the apostrophe works for removing the ha out of has,
I think What has Happened? would be more correct, I doubt you can go wrong with that one.
As for the options given, I'm not sure either of What Happened? or What's Happened IS gramatically correct... but then I'm no expert...
2006-08-26 01:29:40 · answer #2 · answered by ForgeAus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe me, the first one is correct....the latter one is wrong.
Dont use what's happened..used "what's" like this " what's happening"
Or just say, "What happened"
2006-08-26 01:56:19 · answer #3 · answered by SassyGurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What happened is a past tense, for instance, "you did not answer my call last night, what happened?"
What's happened means what has happened? it's something that already happened but it's not past tense! it happened a while ago. for example, "why are you crying? what's happened just now?"
Both are correct!
2006-08-26 01:36:04 · answer #4 · answered by #1 Girl -She's Bittersweet- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might depend a little on the situation, but both are correct, the only difference is that what's is short for what has.
What's happened to the dog? is more in the present and what happened to dog? is more in the past. If your dog has come in looking wet and dirty you might be more inclined to ask "What's happened to the dog?". If the dog died 6 months ago, you might be more inclined to ask "What happened to the dog?"
2006-08-26 01:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by Bratfeatures 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
what happened and What has happened is correct.
2006-08-26 01:49:36 · answer #6 · answered by SweetNurse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are correct. "What happened" is past tense. "What's happened" is a contraction for "What has happened" and would be present tense.
2006-08-26 01:30:10 · answer #7 · answered by yeah r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the next one has a what's which means what is happened and is not gramatically correct.
2006-08-26 01:28:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's = What is
So that is not grammatically correct. Unless you say it 'What's happening?' But because it's past tense...
What has happened?
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What happened?
2006-08-26 01:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by Seinfeld 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what happened is correct because, what's happened? is short for what is happened, what's happening? would be the proper use oh nevermind what has happened is right it's ok
2006-08-26 01:30:35 · answer #10 · answered by Austin Powers 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋