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MBALOVER - 19 Jan 2010 02:16 GMT

Hi all,

Today, I hear my boss, an native English speaker said that :"you can
send her an email if you are interesting in applying for that
position".

I am very surprised because I think he should have said:..... If you
are ***interested*** in applying......

I learn from my grammar books for long time about usage of
"interesting and interested". For example:
We are "interested" in this book.
But this books is "interesting"..

Did my boss say something grammatically incorrect?

Thanks,

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tony cooper - 19 Jan 2010 04:25 GMT

>Hi all,
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>Did my boss say something grammatically incorrect?

Yes, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know the difference. Sometimes
the wrong words slips into our speech.

And, you should have used "heard", not "hear", in your sentence.

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Ian Jackson - 20 Jan 2010 21:16 GMT

>>Hi all,
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>And, you should have used "heard", not "hear", in your sentence.

From my past experiences with various French, Belgians and Dutch people,
"interesting in" seemed to be a fairly common mistake in their otherwise
excellent English.

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