Was it earthquake, tsunami, tornado, storm, flood, or?

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago
    • you have experienced: you experienced something
    • you have BEEN experienced: something experienced you

    Compare: dropped. “You have dropped it” vs “you have been dropped”

    or?

    You’ve left words out.

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      1 hour ago

      Is “you have been experienced” correct in any way (genuine question)?

      I just can’t think of any way that works.

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        58 minutes ago

        Lol, relax Francis.

        Your English is excellent for a non-native speaker, probably as good as the average native speaker (frankly that’s a criticism of the average speaker as much a compliment to you).

        I can see how you made this mistake, it’s pretty easy to make as you’re thinking of the question, you kind of combined 2 ways of asking it.

        “Have you ever been in a natural disaster”

        “Have you ever experienced a natural disaster”

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        2 hours ago

        He respectfully taught you how to improve, you ought to say thank you.