This is the best experience OF/IN my life.

[dewedfrost]

Hello! Can you give me a piece of advice, please?
This IS the best experience OF/IN my life.
Which preposition sounds more natural in BE? Or are both correct from a grammar point of you? I'd prefer "of". Thanks a lot in advance!

 

[teechar]

Your bigger problem is the missing verb in that sentence.

 

[dewedfrost]

You're bigger problem is the missing verb in that sentence.

The verb is not missing: This IS...: present simple of to be!

 

[GoesStation]

The verb is not missing: This IS...: present simple of to be!

I thought I saw an "is" there, too. Look again.

 

[GoesStation]

You're bigger problem is the missing verb in that sentence.

Your.

 

[teechar]

It's in the title but not in the actual post.

 

[teechar]

Your.

Yes. :up:

 

[dewedfrost]

Sorry...now that's correct! What would you suggest? "In" or "of"?

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd use "of". However, I'm more likely to actually say "This is the best experience I've ever had".

 

[teechar]

I would say "this is the best thing I've ever experienced."
Otherwise, use "in".

[cross-posted with emsr2d2]

 

[jutfrank]

the best experience of my life

I think of is a better choice, as it tends to be preferred in phrases like this where we have a short event followed by a longer, periodic event which contains it. We understand the "experience" as a moment belonging to the larger period of a "life[time]". Similarly, we use phrases like

the hottest day of the year
the low-point of my career
the highlight of the match
I had the time of my life