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Could you please check for me if I have made any mistakes in these sentences?

I had experienced it. (Verb)

I had an experience of it. (Noun)

Are they exchangeable?

New cars start to depreciate / devaluate as soon as they are on the road.

It continued to depreciate / devaluate on the market.

He forged me signature. (Traced my signature)
A forged ID. (Altered from a genuine)

A counterfeit money. (Copied money)

A fake Rolex watch. (Complete)

A fake ID. (Complete from a sketch)

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CalifJim · Accepted Answer

John Aki
I had experienced it. (Verb)
I had an experience of it. (Noun)

Both are correct sentences.

John Aki
New cars start to depreciate ~~/ devaluate~~ as soon as they are on the road.
It continued to depreciate ~~/ devaluate~~ on the market.

We say "devalue" more than "devaluate", but in any case, this is more used as a special term involving governments and economics, not an everyday kind of word.

The government has decided to devalue/devaluate its currency.
Economic woes forced the government to devalue/devaluate.

John AkiHe forged me my signature. (Traced my signature)
A forged ID. (Altered from a genuine)
A Counterfeit money. (Copied money)
A fake Rolex watch. (Complete)
A fake ID. (Complete from a sketch)

All basically OK, but see the notes below.

Notes:

1) "forged signatures" don't have to be "traced signatures". Some people are clever enough as artists to be able to create a convincing signature without tracing it.

2) You can't have "a" with "money" because "money" is a non-count noun.

3) You have "complete" in two places where it doesn't make sense. Maybe you meant "copied"?

CJ

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