~ことがある (sometimes happens)

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The pattern ~ことがある in its habitual sense (with non-past clause), meaning 'there are times when X happens / it sometimes happens that X / there are occasions when X.' Frequency adverbs (よく 'often,' 時々 'sometimes,' たまに 'occasionally') sharpen the reading. The variant ~こともある (with inclusive も) means 'it also sometimes happens that X.' Distinct from past-tense ~たことがある ('have done before').

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