You use happen in front of a to -infinitive to show that something happens or exists by chance. For example, instead of saying 'The two people he wanted to speak to lived in the same street', you can โ€ฆ

โ€ข He doesn't mind leaving his script and reacting to whatever happens on the night. โ€ข But whatever happens, the only certainty is that the crags will never change.

โ€œHappenesโ€ is a misspelling of the word โ€œhappensโ€. You should not use โ€œhappenesโ€ in English. We use โ€œHappensโ€ with the third person singular for the verb โ€œto happenโ€. Happenโ€ is a strange verb because โ€ฆ

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If a situation or event happens to someone or something, it has an effect on that person or thing:

4 days agoย ยท Verb happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened) (intransitive) To occur or take place.

as it happens/happened used when you say something that is surprising, or something connected with what somebody else has just said I agree with you, as it happens. As it happens, I have a spare set โ€ฆ

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