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Jsk Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

The difference between "interested in buying" and "interested to buy"

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001. I want to sell a printer on eBay. If someone is interested 01font01b00in buying02b02font00 my product, they can call me via Skype and ask me to show them how the dazzling printer works via live video feed provided by a new YouTube application.02br
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002. I want to sell a printer on eBay. If someone is interested 01b01font00to buy02font02b00 my product, they can call me via Skype and ask me to show them how the dazzling printer works via live video feed provided by a new YouTube application.02br
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0 Hi,02br 00in my opinion, you need "in buying", "to buy" doesn't sound quite right to me. 02br 00Wait for some better advice. 050010id1

— Kooyeen

  • 0 Hi,02br 00in my opinion, you need "in buying", "to buy" doesn't sound quite right to me.
  • 02br 00Wait for some better advice.
  • 050010id1
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0 Hi,02br
00in my opinion, you need "in buying", "to buy" doesn't sound quite right to me. My dictionary says that the "to buy" form is usually used with some other verbs, like "hear", "know" and "see", so you are "interested to hear our opinions".02br
00Wait for some better advice. 050010id1
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0I have no better advice: 01i00in buying 02i00is correct. 02br
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00(I also would say " Interested in hearing your opinion, interesting in seeing your new apartment" not "to hear, to see")0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10. 12br
10(I also would say " Interested in hearing your opinion, interesting in seeing your new apartment" not "to hear, to see")12br
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10Ummm 05000 I can't burn my dictionaries, they are software and software doesn't burn...010id9
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0Don't even try. Just because that's how I'd say it doesn't mean that it's the only correct way. Sometimes these things vary a lot by region.02br
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00(Although, a CD in a microwave is an interesing experiment, as long as you don't care whether either ever works again...)0-
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0 I did a little search on google news using the phrases "interested to hear", "interested to see", and "interested to buy". The result was surprisingly more than just a few pages.02br
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001. The Council is 01font01b00interested to hear02b02font00 whether local people feel reassured by the cameras and believe them
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0 It's possible that this expression is undergoing some linguistic change, and that people are venturing into uncharted waters with 01i00interested02i00 + infinitive in the meaning of showing interest, desire, or curiosity about something, hoping it will become standard one day, but for now, my prescriptive advice is this:02br
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00 To show inter
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Seriously? Are you from another country? Because "interested to buy" is simply bad English. Why is this even a real discussion? One cannot be "interested to" anything.

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