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 isn't the right word here. What else he should've said?
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Friend: Have you ever flirted with a female cop?
Me: Nope.
Friend: I have done that experience.
I think experience isn't the right word here. What else he should've said?
word-usage word-request do-support
edited 12 mins ago
J.R.♦
100k8129247
asked 5 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
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add a comment |
Friend: Have you ever flirted with a female cop?
Me: Nope.
Friend: I have done that experience.
I think experience isn't the right word here. What else he should've said?
word-usage word-request do-support
edited 12 mins ago
J.R.♦
100k8129247
asked 5 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
1668
Friend: Have you ever flirted with a female cop?
Me: Nope.
Friend: I have done that experience.
I think experience isn't the right word here. What else he should've said?
word-usage word-request do-support
word-usage word-request do-support
edited 12 mins ago
J.R.♦
100k8129247
asked 5 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
1668
edited 12 mins ago
J.R.♦
100k8129247
asked 5 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
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edited 12 mins ago
J.R.♦
100k8129247
edited 12 mins ago
J.R.♦
100k8129247
edited 12 mins ago
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asked 5 hours ago
Stewart Gilligan GriffinStewart Gilligan Griffin
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asked 5 hours ago
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asked 5 hours ago
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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.
answered 4 hours ago
SamBCSamBC
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Yes experience is not done, it's felt. But does I have had that experience make any sense in this context?
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Experience does not mean skill. It means, well, having experienced it. If you sit through a film, you've experienced seeing the film. If you've been to Niagara Falls, that's an experience you've had.
– SamBC
4 hours ago
Yes. But experience is something that happens to you not what you do. How can flirting be an experience? I'm confused.
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
1
No, experience doesn't have anything to say about who does what. If you climb Everest, then you have "experienced climbing Everest", and if someone says "have you ever climbed Everest", you can say "I have had that experience".
– SamBC
4 hours ago
If the question was. Have you ever been in relationship with a female cop? Can I still say, 'I have had the experience'? That is, I have had the experience of being in a relationship with a female cop
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
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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.
answered 4 hours ago
SamBCSamBC
12.7k1648
Yes experience is not done, it's felt. But does I have had that experience make any sense in this context?
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Experience does not mean skill. It means, well, having experienced it. If you sit through a film, you've experienced seeing the film. If you've been to Niagara Falls, that's an experience you've had.
– SamBC
4 hours ago
Yes. But experience is something that happens to you not what you do. How can flirting be an experience? I'm confused.
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
1
No, experience doesn't have anything to say about who does what. If you climb Everest, then you have "experienced climbing Everest", and if someone says "have you ever climbed Everest", you can say "I have had that experience".
– SamBC
4 hours ago
If the question was. Have you ever been in relationship with a female cop? Can I still say, 'I have had the experience'? That is, I have had the experience of being in a relationship with a female cop
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
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.
answered 4 hours ago
SamBCSamBC
12.7k1648
Yes experience is not done, it's felt. But does I have had that experience make any sense in this context?
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Experience does not mean skill. It means, well, having experienced it. If you sit through a film, you've experienced seeing the film. If you've been to Niagara Falls, that's an experience you've had.
– SamBC
4 hours ago
Yes. But experience is something that happens to you not what you do. How can flirting be an experience? I'm confused.
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
1
No, experience doesn't have anything to say about who does what. If you climb Everest, then you have "experienced climbing Everest", and if someone says "have you ever climbed Everest", you can say "I have had that experience".
– SamBC
4 hours ago
If the question was. Have you ever been in relationship with a female cop? Can I still say, 'I have had the experience'? That is, I have had the experience of being in a relationship with a female cop
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
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.
answered 4 hours ago
SamBCSamBC
12.7k1648
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.
answered 4 hours ago
SamBCSamBC
12.7k1648
answered 4 hours ago
SamBCSamBC
12.7k1648
answered 4 hours ago
SamBCSamBC
12.7k1648
answered 4 hours ago
SamBCSamBC
12.7k1648
12.7k1648
Yes experience is not done, it's felt. But does I have had that experience make any sense in this context?
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Experience does not mean skill. It means, well, having experienced it. If you sit through a film, you've experienced seeing the film. If you've been to Niagara Falls, that's an experience you've had.
– SamBC
4 hours ago
Yes. But experience is something that happens to you not what you do. How can flirting be an experience? I'm confused.
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
1
No, experience doesn't have anything to say about who does what. If you climb Everest, then you have "experienced climbing Everest", and if someone says "have you ever climbed Everest", you can say "I have had that experience".
– SamBC
4 hours ago
If the question was. Have you ever been in relationship with a female cop? Can I still say, 'I have had the experience'? That is, I have had the experience of being in a relationship with a female cop
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
Yes experience is not done, it's felt. But does I have had that experience make any sense in this context?
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Experience does not mean skill. It means, well, having experienced it. If you sit through a film, you've experienced seeing the film. If you've been to Niagara Falls, that's an experience you've had.
– SamBC
4 hours ago
Yes. But experience is something that happens to you not what you do. How can flirting be an experience? I'm confused.
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
1
No, experience doesn't have anything to say about who does what. If you climb Everest, then you have "experienced climbing Everest", and if someone says "have you ever climbed Everest", you can say "I have had that experience".
– SamBC
4 hours ago
If the question was. Have you ever been in relationship with a female cop? Can I still say, 'I have had the experience'? That is, I have had the experience of being in a relationship with a female cop
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Yes experience is not done, it's felt. But does I have had that experience make any sense in this context?
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Yes experience is not done, it's felt. But does I have had that experience make any sense in this context?
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Experience does not mean skill. It means, well, having experienced it. If you sit through a film, you've experienced seeing the film. If you've been to Niagara Falls, that's an experience you've had.
– SamBC
4 hours ago
Experience does not mean skill. It means, well, having experienced it. If you sit through a film, you've experienced seeing the film. If you've been to Niagara Falls, that's an experience you've had.
– SamBC
4 hours ago
Yes. But experience is something that happens to you not what you do. How can flirting be an experience? I'm confused.
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
Yes. But experience is something that happens to you not what you do. How can flirting be an experience? I'm confused.
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
1
1
No, experience doesn't have anything to say about who does what. If you climb Everest, then you have "experienced climbing Everest", and if someone says "have you ever climbed Everest", you can say "I have had that experience".
– SamBC
4 hours ago
No, experience doesn't have anything to say about who does what. If you climb Everest, then you have "experienced climbing Everest", and if someone says "have you ever climbed Everest", you can say "I have had that experience".
– SamBC
4 hours ago
If the question was. Have you ever been in relationship with a female cop? Can I still say, 'I have had the experience'? That is, I have had the experience of being in a relationship with a female cop
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
If the question was. Have you ever been in relationship with a female cop? Can I still say, 'I have had the experience'? That is, I have had the experience of being in a relationship with a female cop
– Stewart Gilligan Griffin
4 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
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