Kuno
Interested about ? or Interested in ? Here are 10 sentences I have found with the preposition "about" : 1. I am interested about your relationship with Capita. 2. I have been interested about the fight against tobacco since I read Civil Warriors. 3. Most critics are very interested about Shakespeare's homoerotic references in his plays. 4. Thank you for your letter showing interest about the situation in Kosovo. 5. I do not detect any growing interest about getting involved in politics. 6. But, at some point in his life he became less interested about wrestling and more interested in other things. 7. After reading the motion, I was interested about what had happened to the national framework. 8. I chose this advertisement because it made me feel impressed and interested about the context of the ad. 9. The Columbine High School tragedy increased people’s interest about the lack of religion in school. 10. As a child he was always interested about the mechanics of everything and in the supernatural. When I say I am interested about something, I feel that I am referring to things associated with it more than I'm referring to it itself. When I say, "I'm interested about learning English", I think I am referring to ways of learning English such as studying English grammar, listening to English, writing English, and so on. But when I say, "I'm interested in learning English", I think it could mean the same as that. I think there seems to be some very subtle nuance. Your help is always much appreciated ! Thanks !
Jul 11, 2012 1:48 AM
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Your suspicion is well-founded. "Interested in" is the most correct way to say it, you can always say this. "Interested about" means "I am interested to know more about", so it refers to some specific event of which you have no knowledge, and you want to know a bit more about it, but you may not have a very sincere interest in participating or doing it yourself. "Interested in" means you have an interest in doing it yourself, and want to learn more for yourself An example situation with two speakers, A, and B: A: "I am interested in your trip to Europe". B: "Oh really, so you want to join us?" In this exchange, "interested in" means the speaker is expressing the fact that he/she wants to learn more and join... A: "I am interested about your trip to Europe". B: "It's just a short trip" In this case, A is just saying he feels interested in knowing more about the trip. I don't know a grammatical reason, perhaps another native speaker can figure that out. But based on usage, the above is my feeling on the difference.
July 11, 2012
Hi, so I was asked my teacher and she said that there is no "interest about" 'cause she can't find any structure about it in any dictionary. I'm very confused right now
October 1, 2021
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