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I'm Shawn and I'm originally from a tiny, backwater town in rural Florida. It was awful. I started learning German on a whim with a friend. The deal was I'd learn German with him and he'd learn Spanish with me. Well, he kind of went back on his deal and didn't put much effort in past the first few days, but I discovered I really liked German. I'm on italki hoping to find a German who wants to speak English and trade conversation time.
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    Take place sounds more formal and stuffy. It also implies something scheduled or planned and lends itself to describing locations or settings or times. As if... literally taking or claiming a place so that something can occur there. It's like a big deal! "The movie takes place in Medieval France." "The assembly will take place tomorrow at 10 in the auditorium." Happen has a more general, loose usage. You would probably never hear, "I can't believe that took place," but you would hear "I can't believe that happened!" a lot. As for your sentences, I think number 1 sounds fine with both usages, but take place sounds more formal. Number 2 should be something like, "I think in a few more weeks, and then spring will officially begin." sounds most natural. Finally, number 3 sounds perfect as it is.
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    March 22, 2015
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    I don't think there is a name for a store that only does photos. These places are usually part of a larger store like Wal-mart and are sometimes called Photo Centers or something similar.
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    March 22, 2015
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    The first sounds example sounds unnatural to me. I don't think anyone would put a lot of stress into "evening." In the second example, I would probably only say the sentence like this if someone misheard me and thought I was busy or were attempting to insist I go out and do something when I wanted to stay in. I would correct them by stressing that I was NOT doing anything. I think that the word "anything" would naturally have the most emphasis in this sentence. I imagine you would say this sentence because someone would ask, "What are you doing tonight?" You would reply, "I'm not doing ANYTHING this evening." Stress would fall on the object of what you're not doing: anything.
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    March 22, 2015
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