A. Children are curious about games. B .
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tangooChildren are curious about playing games is also fine right?What did I write? It sounds non-native to me.
tangoo, Is this grammatically correct in written exam?What kind of exam? If I were grading it, I would mark it in red.
tangooI just put a gerund after a preposition 'about'.why is it wrong?Because using a language effectively is not just putting one word after another according to some grammar rule—you have to understand what you are saying. Children are not curious about playing—they love to play at anything. It is the new game that they are curious about.
tangooIf I say the child(a particular child) is not curious about playing games.this sentence is fine right?? It means the child has no interest in playing games right?I don't read it that way. 'To have no interest in' is not quite lack of curiosity. If I have no interest in going to a movie tonight, I simply do not want to go.