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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Interested in/at

0What is the difference between 'interested in' and 'interested at'?02br
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00He is interested in her.02br
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01a01font00scientists 01b00interested in02b00 animal cognition and behavior02font02a02br
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01a01font00Getting Girls 01b00Interested in02b00 Computers02font02a02br
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00Risk Assessments to the employee and offering a voluntary, one-on-one presentation for those employees 01b00interested at02b00 a total cost not to exceed $3000.02br
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00We hope it makes you feel more 01b00interested at02b00 the tutorial programs 02br
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00We are 01b00interested at02b00 the morphogenesis of the mammalian auditory sensory organ02br
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02br 02br 00We hope it makes you feel more 01b 00interested at02b 00 the tutorial programs 02br 02br 00feel more interested (while) at the tutorial programs. 02br 02br 00We are 01b 00interested at02b 00 the morphogenesis of the mammalian auditory sensory organ. this one just sounds odd to me.

— Nona the brit

  • 02br 02br 00We hope it makes you feel more 01b 00interested at02b 00 the tutorial programs 02br 02br 00feel more interested (while) at the tutorial programs.
  • 02br 02br 00We are 01b 00interested at02b 00 the morphogenesis of the mammalian auditory sensory organ.
  • this one just sounds odd to me.
  • It would mean that they are interested during the time period when this happens, as in the above example, and they are not interested in the mammalian sensory organ at any other time.
  • That seems unlikely.
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0Usually you will use 'interested in' when you are talking directly of someone's interest in something.02br
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00Your other examples02br
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00Risk Assessments to the employee and offering a voluntary, one-on-one presentation for those employees 01b00interested at02b00 a total cost not to exceed $3000.02br
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0Thanks, Nona! Again, you made it so easy to understand.0-
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