Profit by experience

[Rollercoaster1]

Is the following sentence correct 'We should profit by experience'?



Chapter 2. Page No 11.
https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=m2ctDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA10&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[emsr2d2]

What makes you think it is incorrect? How do you suggest it be reworded?

 

[Tdol]

I would reword it.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

What makes you think it is incorrect? How do you suggest it be reworded?

We should profit our business/ourselves from our experience(s) (Money is considered the profit).
We should benefit ourselves from our experience(s) (any useful outcome or advantage is considered the benefit).

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

We profit from experience, not by it.

 

[emsr2d2]

I would reword it.

Just to be clear, so would I. I just wanted to know the OP's thoughts on it.

 

[Tdol]

We should profit our business/ourselves from our experience(s) (Money is considered the profit).
We should benefit ourselves from our experience(s) (any useful outcome or advantage is considered the benefit).

I wouldn't use these. I would just use profit/benefit from experience.

 

[GoesStation]

We should profit our business/ourselves from our experience(s) (Money is considered the profit).:cross:
We should benefit ourselves from our experience(s) (any useful outcome or advantage is considered the benefit).:cross:

See above.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

See above.

We should profit/benefit from our experience?

 

[GoesStation]

We should profit/benefit from our experience?

Yes. You can't profit someone.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

Some examples of 'profit by'.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/profited+by

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

As they say, it's a free dictionary. You get what you pay for!

I'm not violently opposed to by. But at least here in the US, from is much more common.