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VERBSinterested in + verb + ing or / interesting

If you have an "interest in" something, you want to learn or hear more about it.

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UPDATED: OCT 2020

"interested" = adjective, but "interested in" is used with verbs

You are interest in "something".

• I am interested in Medicine.
  
  
• I am interested in studying Medicine.

"Something" is interesting.

• Medicine is interesting.
  
  
• Medicine is interesting to study.
  

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EXAMPLES:  

interested in + verb + ing

• He is interested in visiting Hong Kong sometime next year.
  
  
• Bill and John are interested in working at Google.
  
  
• Chang is very interested in going to the US to get his MBA.

EXAMPLES:   

something + verb + interesting

• Computer Science is interesting.
  
  
• The Professor's lecture on climate change was very interesting.
  
  
• My Boss is an interesting person.
  
  
• Some English learning sites are interesting; others are boring.  

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NOTE: VERBS THAT USE "VERB + VERB + ING"

I hate studying grammar.

• avoid
• can't bear
• can't stand
• consider
• dislike
• don't mind​

• enjoy
• finish
  
• like
  
• love
  
• hate
  
• mind 
  

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