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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006'experience in' or 'experience with' ?
do we use 'experience in' or 'experience with' in a sentence or conversations? I have seen both and I don't know what is the correct usage in what situations. For example, I have 3 years of work experience in accounting. My past experience with piano has taught me the importance of patience. It seems ok if we use 'experience in' and 'experience with' interchangely. Please advice. thanks.... > do we use 'experience in' or 'experience with' in a sentence or > conversations? I have seen both and I don't know what is the correct [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Please advice. thanks.... experience with <a noun>, experience in <a gerund>. My past experience with THE piano, by the way. > > do we use 'experience in' or 'experience with' in a sentence or > > conversations? I have seen both and I don't know what is the correct [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > experience with <a noun>, experience in <a gerund>. My past experience > with THE piano, by the way. Also by the way, one needs to be careful with the expression "work experience". In British and other English it can refer not to professional experience, but to a short period during which schoolchildren or other students spend time with a company or other organisation to find out what it's like.  SignatureMike. "John": > > do we use 'experience in' or 'experience with' in a sentence or > > conversations? ... Derek Turner: > experience with <a noun>, experience in <a gerund>. I disagree. Experience is "in" (or sometimes "at") a field or subject as a practitioner (or else it's "as" a practitioner); it's "with" a field or subject as a customer or equivalent, and it's usually "with" a tool or device, but sometimes "on". He has 5 years of experience in music, 4 years with the piano. He has 5 years of experience as an airline pilot, 4 years with (or on) the Boeing 747. My first experience with surgery was when Dr. Mandrill removed my tonsils. He has 10 years of experience in surgery. SignatureMark Brader | "Opening a monitor case is not for the inexperienced Toronto | or the faint of heart, unless you need msb@vex.net | defibrillation." -- Kevin D. Swan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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