Experience of vs Experience in

[duc]

Hello everyone,
Please look at the two sentnece about ''experience''
1.You've got a lot of experience of lecturing.
And 2.I had some experience in fashion design.
Can you tell me in which context we should use ''experience of'' and ''experience in'' ?
Thanks in advance!!!!!
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[Haihao]

I feel,
1. experience in 'field, business, etc.' such as 'experience in management'. So, experience in lecturing would be better.
2. experience of 'position, occupation, etc.' such as 'experience of sales engineer'.

[Molly]

To me:

experience in... means you've actually done the action named.

experience of... means you may have been a receiver of the action named

e.g.

experience in giving lectures

experience of attending lectures

Unless it's written so: "experience of working in sales", but the "in" is still the guiding item there.

Experience in sales is the same as experience of working in sales, IMO.

[duc]

Any more idea ,please ?

[Haihao]

[Molly]

experiencer of motherhood

Is that the same as "experience of"?

What is the meaning of experience in "to have experience" in "have experience of" or "have experience in", for you? Is it the same as in "be an experiencer of"?

[Haihao]

Sorry, I made a typo and I have corrected it. It should have been 'experience of'.

[Molly]

experience of - indirect experience
experience in - direct experience

IMHO

[Haihao]

Sorry, Molly, but I'd like to stick to 'experience of motherhood' for a while. If we could say so, then 'experience of motherhood' wouldn't be an indirect one. Anyhow, I don't feel like to say 'experience in motherhood'.

Just my two cents.

[Molly]

You may be looking a different meanings of the word "experience" here.

To me, "to experience motherhood" and "to have experience of motherhood" mean "she has gone through motherhood". Simply that. "To have experience in motherhood" treats "motherhood" as a skill, or similar, and so "experience" there means "to have skill in something".

How do you feel about (*?) "she has skill of motherhood"?

[Inga]

Hi!
You took it from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, right? In the meaning of 'knowledge, skill' I can't feel any difference. Further, in the meaning of 'something that happens' they use of/with.
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[Molly]

No, not from that dictionary, but I think you can find meanings of the word almost anywhere.

She has experience of motherhood = she has been a mother, but it doesn't follow that she has skills associated with being a mother.

She has experience in motherhood = she has been a mother, or is a midwife, etc., and it follows that she has skills associated with being a mother or mothering.

[Inga]

Excuse me, there was some misunderstanding .
duc wrote:

[Molly]

OK. Thanks for the clarification.

[Tilt]

Molly, I hope you are more polite at heart, aren't you?