a common occurence/event/incident

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Angliholic

#441433 Sun, 11 Nov 07 04:34 PM

Flooding is a common occurrence/event/incident whenever a typhoon passes through.

Do all the three underlined words fit into the above samples and mean about the same? Thanks.

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Grammar Geek

#441462 Sun, 11 Nov 07 06:29 PM

Common occurrence collocates well.

Event may work, but incident does not work as well.

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Angliholic

#441584 Mon, 12 Nov 07 04:15 AM

Grammar Geek wrote:

Common occurrence collocates well.

Event may work, but incident does not work as well.

Thanks, GG.