Experience on/with . . .

Posted by R. Berg on September 11, 2003

In Reply to: What's your experience on the racial relationships in America? posted by AA on September 11, 2003

: Is the preposition in the subject question correct? If not, what should be the correct one or ones? Thanks.

Most often, "experience" is followed by "with" or "of."

What's your experience with keeping goldfish?
Describe your experience of working as a hotel manager.

But something's wrong with another part of the sentence. No individual has experience of "the racial relationships in America." It would be more natural to say "What's your experience with racial relations in America?" (Note: relations)

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