Friday, February 22, 2019

Isn't the word "experience" wrongly used in this context?



Friend: Have you ever flirted with a female cop?


Me: Nope.


Friend: I have done that experience.



I think experience is the wrong word here. What else should he have said?




Answer



Experience is fine. The problem is the done. You don't do an experience1. You have an experience.



I have had that experience.



That's what he should have said. Or, alternatively, just relied on do alone:



Yes, I have done that.



Or, indeed, just use the have:




Yes, I have.



While there's other options, there was nothing wrong with using experience. The only problem is that you don't do experiences.




1: Well, there is a use of experience that has emerged in recent years that you would use to do to talk about, but it's not actually relevant here.


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