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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (3 children)
  • 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

A hurricane has experienced ME

[–] stackPeek 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

im not a native speaker man, give me a break

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours 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"

[–] 7uWqKj 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

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

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