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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Could you tell me which would you choose?
Part1) Which would you use?
1) They have no real-life experiences.
2) They have no real-life experience.
Part2) Which would you use?
1) They have no experience in real life.
2) They have no experiences in real life.
Are there any rules I can follow?
1) They have no real-life experiences.
2) They have no real-life experience.
Part2) Which would you use?
1) They have no experience in real life.
2) They have no experiences in real life.
Are there any rules I can follow?
Top answer
teacherJapan They have no real-life experience. They have no experience in real life. They have no experiences in real life.
- teacherJapan They have no real-life experience.
- They have no experience in real life.
- They have no experiences in real life.
- I would use the ones above.
- They are all possible, but I like the non-countable version in part 1 better.
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teacherJapanThey have no real-life experience. ... They have no experience in real life. ... They have no experiences in real life.I would use the ones above. They are all possible, but I like the non-countable version in part 1 better. I had a harder time deciding about part 2. I think either one is OK there.
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I see! Thank you very much for your answer:)
If my observation is right, you guys use the non-countable version, maybe because you think of "real-life experience" as a whole concept.
On the other hand, when you guys use the following sentence, you might use "experiences" to mean more like a number of episodes when he was a pilot, rather than his life as a pilot.
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If my observation is right, you guys use the non-countable version, maybe because you think of "real-life experience" as a whole concept.
On the other hand, when you guys use the following sentence, you might use "experiences" to mean more like a number of episodes when he was a pilot, rather than his life as a pilot.
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Ah, language is so complicated, but that's where it lies its beauty:)
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teacherJapanOn the other hand, when you guys use the following sentence, you might use "experiences" to mean more like a number of episodes when he was a pilot, rather than his life as a pilot. He told the children aboutExactly. You have more insight into it than you may thinthehis experiences as a jet pilot.
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teacherJapanAh, language is so complicated, but that's whereI agree.it liesits beauty lies.
CJ
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Ah, apart from my grammatical errors, I did a good job:) Hehe:). Thank you very much for your continuous help!
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