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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

arise or arouse interest?

Hello helpers!

How would you express this correctly:

His experience in prison raised his interest in criminology
OR
His experience in prison aroused his interest in criminology
OR
some other verb?

Many thanks in advance!
  

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raised = elevated an already present level aroused = caused the interest to begin [note: not 'arise']

  • raised = elevated an already present level aroused = caused the interest to begin [note: not 'arise']
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raised = elevated an already present level
aroused = caused the interest to begin

[note: not 'arise']

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