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Happened to find vs Happened to found

The correct phrase is "happened to find." The verb "find" should be in the base form after the phrase "happened to." The phrase "happened to found" uses the past tense of the verb, which isn't correct in this context.
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Happened to find

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express a coincidence or unexpected discovery of something.

Examples:

  • I happened to find my lost keys under the couch.
  • She happened to find a rare coin in her backyard.
  • They happened to find a great restaurant while exploring the city.
  • He happened to find an old photo album in the attic.
  • We happened to find a beautiful hiking trail during our trip.
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Happened to found

This phrase is incorrect in English. The verb "found" should not be used in the past tense after the phrase "happened to."

  • Jan 31, 2021 ... Whatever happened to found footage movies? Just hit me how long it's been since I've even seen a trailer for one, much less seen one. They ...
  • Jul 19, 2024 ... 5 likes, 0 comments - vegevegediet on July 19, 2024: "Just happened to found a vegan and gluten free pizza out of nowhere during my road ...
  • Dec 12, 2020 ... I just happened to found this message on my club chat ... Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast.
  • Sep 9, 2023 ... ... happened to found out that for some reason, a package.json file happened to get copied into my $HOME directory, causing inkdrop to have ...
  • Jan 27, 2024 ... ... happened to found this forum reccomended by Greg from Official Microsoft Community Forum I'm planning on using the command from Reinstall ...
  • Greeting Everyone, I am looking for a tool that can help us build packages that can be deployed on multiple HubSpot instances. I happened to found.
  • Sep 20, 2021 ... finished deltarune ch2 yesterday and happened to found out susie was originally inspired by maya fey so yeah + dgs susato dressing up as her ...
  • Hey guys! I hope someone can help me with this: So I started playing sims 3 again since 6 years. I just happened to found some old expansion packs I bought when ...
  • Feb 23, 2020 ... I happened to found a baby on the lawn of my home. I came near it but it didn't fly so I figured he is too young to fly. I saw some videos ...
  • An amazing opportunity to learn from a successful technology entrepreneur who just happened to found one of the world's most successful venture capital firms as ...

Alternatives:

  • happened to find
  • happened to discover
  • happened to come across
  • happened to stumble upon
  • happened to encounter

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