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Mr. Tom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

I'm intrigued to know...

Hi

Would you say both of the following are correct and natural?

I'm intrigued to know who speard this rumour.

I'm intrigued as to know who speard this rumour.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom I'm intrigued to know who spread this rumour. [Y] I'm intrigued as to know who spread this rumour.

  • Mr.
  • Tom I'm intrigued to know who spread this rumour.
  • [Y] I'm intrigued as to know who spread this rumour.
  • According to Longman The term is " intrigued to know " intrigued to know/learn etc She was intrigued to know what he planned to do next.
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Mr. TomI'm intrigued to know who spread this rumour.  [Y]

I'm intrigued as to know who spread this rumour.
According to Longman 
The term is " intrigued to know "
intrigued to know/learn etc
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Tom:

Intrigued, I did some investigation COCA and confirmed my feelings. I found that it can be followed directly by the infinitive (i.e. your sentence #1). It is followed by "as to" only to introduce a clause -- "as to" is a conjunction. examples:

"intrigued as to how they did it.."
"intrigued as to what it means it.."

Cheers,
A-
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AlpheccaStars"intrigued as to what it means it.."
Is it right this way ?
Or it should be " Intrigued as to what it means. "  ? [:^)]

What about the second sentence of Mr.Tom
" I'm intrigued as to know who spread this rumour " 
Is it correct ?  because I am not sure about this one.
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Hi Tom

The phrase "as to" doesn't work in your sentence.
The phrase "as to" can be used with roughly the same meaning as "about" ("with regard to") and it functions as a http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as+to. Thus, you might possibly say things such as these:

- I'm int

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