Better alternative for "bring something to something"?

Question

Is it correct to say

bring some experience to some activity,

as in

Our product brings new experience to everyday shopping

(artificial example) or there is an expression, that fits better? I thought about

introduce ... experience to activity

and

add ... experience to activity.

Also, a grammar checker I tried (Grammarly) says, that

bring ... experience to activity

is not correct, while

bring ... experience into activity

is OK for it.

This reminds me of resume writing: "Experienced programmer brings creative drive to development process". I know that's correct. "into" implies you're going inside it. I think your grammar checker is full of it. — candied_orange, Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 17:08
@CandiedOrange And what about the case, when the subject is not a person (as in the updated example)? — tonso, Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 17:15
Well since we're throwing around "artificial examples": Our paint brings the color blue to your wall. Our windows open to bring fresh air into your home. Into would only make sense when something is going inside. — candied_orange, Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 17:25
I think "into" would work only/best if you added "your": "bring new experiences into YOUR [everyday] shopping (YOUR life/YOUR etc) but as it is, I agree that "to" would be better (and I'd pluralize "experiences" [or change it to "[some] excitement." "Add" would work well, too..."introduce," also, but it would be my least favorite. — Papa Poule, Commented Nov 29, 2015 at 17:43
IMO. you're confusing senses here. 'Bring experience (into play / to bear on ...)' is the 'know-how / skill' polyseme. But 'Our product makes shopping a new experience' is the 'thing experienced' grading into 'wonderful experience' sense. — Edwin Ashworth, Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 14:11

haha · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-30 13:58:00Z

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If you are looking for an alternative to "bring something to something" I suggest "inject" as in "inject something into something".

For example:

"We need to inject some experience into our company."

"You should inject experience into your business."

answered Nov 30, 2015 at 13:58

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