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Experience of vs Experience in Sat May 24, 2008 0:01 am  Experience of vs Experience in
 

MrPedantic wrote:
Here are some unambiguous examples of "experience of", in which the "experience" is clearly "direct" and relates to "knowledge".

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What's the difference between "knowledge" and "skill" for you?
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Experience of vs Experience in Sat May 24, 2008 0:15 am  Experience of vs Experience in
 

MrPedantic wrote:
Here are some unambiguous examples of "experience of", in which the "experience" is clearly "direct" and relates to "knowledge".


i.e. relates to "knowledge" as opposed to "simply the effect an event or activity has on someone" (see earlier posts, page 2).

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Experience of vs Experience in Sat May 24, 2008 0:22 am  Experience of vs Experience in
 

MrPedantic wrote:
i.e. relates to "knowledge" as opposed to "simply the effect an event or activity has on someone" (see earlier posts, page 2).

MrP

So what do you get from "he has knowledge of IT" and "he has knowledge in IT"?
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Experience of vs Experience in Sat May 24, 2008 1:05 am  Experience of vs Experience in
 

First shot:

Molly wrote:
experience of - indirect experience
experience in - direct experience


Second shot:

Molly wrote:
he has experience of hard work/working hard = (ambiguous or unclear) he knows what hard work is, but it doesn't follow that he has experienced hard work first-hand or will have the ability to do hard work

If the example is "ambiguous", it permits both interpretations ("direct" and "indirect").

Thus the second statement conflicts with the first; though (curiously enough) it's in accord with my comment that "experience in" implies direct experience, but "experience of" implies direct experience or indirect experience.

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Experience of vs Experience in Sat May 24, 2008 13:41 pm  Experience of vs Experience in
 

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Thus the second statement conflicts with the first; though (curiously enough) it's in accord with my comment that "experience in" implies direct experience, but "experience of" implies direct experience or indirect experience.

No conflict, just a focus on the use of "experience of" to talk about indirect experience. Let me help you:

experience of - can express indirect experience
experience in - expresses direct experience

Mind, if you want to play the "I got there first" game, feel free.
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Experience of vs Experience in Sat May 24, 2008 22:49 pm  Experience of vs Experience in
 

Molly wrote:
No conflict, just a focus on the use of "experience of" to talk about indirect experience. Let me help you:

experience of - can express indirect experience
experience in - expresses direct experience


Cf.

Molly, earlier in this thread, wrote:
experience of - indirect experience
experience in - direct experience


I'm interested by your insertion of "can". Does that mean that you now accept that "experience of" can also express direct experience?

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