I am curious whether it's just my brain that doesn't work right

[dr4b]

You're describing your travel experience to someone... which of these sentences would you SAY? As in, speaking, not as in writing an email/etc -- you're at the office or somewhere talking to somebody. Assume that you actually have the experience of travelling to France and Spain at some point in your life, and someone's asking you about what countries you have the experience of travelling to or plan to travel to.

(oh, and assume appropriate abbreviation, ie, "I've" instead of "I have", if that helps.)

[Poll #1413618]

And a better question: does it change if you are writing a report or article rather than just speaking?

Comments

[dvarin.livejournal.com]

That's because you're not pretentious enough. You need to use more polysyllabic latinate words. :P (I mean, "I visited Seattle once" sounds much better to me than "I went to Seattle once", if only because it also implies your final destination (Seattle) and purpose (visitation).)