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Seagull Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The verb 'experience'

Fill in the blank with the appropriate item.

Have you ever had the experience of hearing a song playing in your head and you couldn't stop it? In fact, many people ( ) at some time in their life.

(A) have (B) can (C) hear (D) experience

The correct answer is (D). I agree, but I have a slight question. The verb 'experience' is a transitive verb, so isn't it necessary to say like "many people experience it at some time in their life." ? Or, is this sentence completely correct as is?
  

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(D) is incorrect for the reason you give. The answer should be (A), assuming you've typed everything correctly. I find the first sentence slightly awkward.

— GPY

  • (D) is incorrect for the reason you give.
  • The answer should be (A), assuming you've typed everything correctly.
  • I find the first sentence slightly awkward.
  • "...
  • and not being able to stop it" seems better.
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(D) is incorrect for the reason you give. The answer should be (A), assuming you've typed everything correctly.

I find the first sentence slightly awkward. "... and not being able to stop it" seems better.
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Thank you very much indeed, GPY. I rechecked it and confirmed that every word was typed correctly.

May I ask a further question?

If (A) is the correct answer, I think that 'have' is used here as a substitute verb, which means 'have' represents the part "(have) had the experience of hearing a song playing in your head." Is my understanding correct?

I think that althou
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seagullIf (A) is the correct answer, I think that 'have' is used here as a substitute verb, which means 'have' represents the part "(have) had the experience of hearing a song playing in your head." Is my understanding correct
Right.
seagullI think that although the substitute verb "have" can cover the clause "have had the experien
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Thank you so much again, GPY.
Now I'm happy that I'm clear about this question.
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