How to say “it turns out” like a native speaker
Introduce information discovered later, often something unexpected. A following clause explains what you learned.
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Hear “it turns out” in real speech
Clip 1 · Simon Sinek
How Great Leaders Inspire Action | Simon Sinek | TED · 1:37
About this video
Simon Sinek explores why some leaders and organisations inspire people to act. He introduces examples involving Apple and Martin Luther King and compares the resources available to people pursuing ambitious ideas.
In context
and it even profoundly changed the way in which I operate in it.As it turns out, there's a pattern.
As it turns out, all the great inspiring leaders and organizations in the world,
Clip 2 · Robert Waldinger
The Secret to a Happy Life — Lessons from 8 Decades of Research | Robert Waldinger | TED · 8:22
About this video
Robert Waldinger discusses research following people through their adult lives and what it suggests about happiness and health. In conversation with an interviewer, he returns to the importance of relationships and their health benefits.
In context
We have the sense that physical fitness is a practice that we need to maintain over time.It turns out that social fitness is the same.
That in fact, our friendships, our relationships don't just take care of themselves,
Clip 3 · Graham Shaw
Why people believe they can’t draw - and how to prove they can | Graham Shaw | TEDxHull · 10:46
About this video
Graham Shaw asks the audience whether they believe they can draw. He challenges the idea that drawing is simply an inborn talent and leads the audience through drawing techniques.
In context
"I've worked with children, with all sorts of adults; I've never worked with a group like this."It turns out it was all part of a charity called TALK.
This TALK charity is a wonderful charity that helps people who've suffered strokes,
When to use “it turns out”
- Correcting a mistaken assumption: “It turns out the shop is open on Sundays.”
- Revealing a coincidence: “It turns out we went to the same school.”
Common learner mistake
Keep the dummy subject “it”: “It turns out that…”, not simply “Turns out that…” in careful written English.
Possible connected-speech patterns in “it turns out”
“Turns” ends with a voiced Z that links into “out”. Avoid putting a pause between those two words.
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