In my opinion the sentence is correct. Some others think that interested in playing should be used. CB
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Cool Breeze Some others think that interested in playing should be used.That would be me.
teechr Please bring any (one) of your friends who's interested, to play.There's no comma in the original poster's sentence, so I don't think there's much room for misunderstanding. I do understand that some people consider an infinitive after interested incorrect, but it is used. I have a concert recording in which a British speaker says: "You might be
Cool BreezeIn my opinion the sentence is correct.In my opinion, "interested to play" is unnatural in that sentence. I also think that "interested in playing" would work better.
teechrIn #2, it's not clear what the friend may be interested in.Or, "... what the friends ..."?
achu3186 Please bring any one of your friends who’s interested to play.For me, "interested to play" is impossible in the sense of "interested in playing". The only way I can make sense of this sentence is to interpret "to play" as modifying "bring", but it feels awkward.