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

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    2 months 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.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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        2 months 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”