What happened to you? or what did happen to you?
Help me please! I don't know that question is correct. I think that the second it....
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They're both correct. The second is the emphasised form.
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what did happen to you is for emphasis but no one would really use it, it is awkward. Instead you could emphasise the you.
What happened to YOU?
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What happened to you? - is correct.
This is a subject questions - because the question word is the subject of the sentence. There is no auxiliary verb and the word order is not inverted.
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"What happened to you" is more common phrase and probably the one you want, a simple question about a series of events. "what did happen to you" the emphasis is on DID impliying that whatever happened is secretive or misconstrued and you are trying to get the truth
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