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khansir

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Is this sentence correct?

HE IS TOO KEEN TO VISIT THE MUSEUM.
 
***Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.***

Well, I've just learned the word keen.
I'm sure keen is a positive word, that's why I disagree with this sentence.
Maybe it should be:
He is very keen to visit the museum.

Let's replace keen by a "negative" word.
He is too shy to visit the museum.

Can you see the difference now?

P.S. However, I'm not fully sure here -> Confirmation would be nice!

Cheers!
 
Too keen could imply an over-eagerness, which, in turn, might arouse some sort of suspicion.
 
Is this sentence correct?

HE IS TOO KEEN TO VISIT THE MUSEUM.
I'm sure that you mean "very keen", in Indian English "very" is often confused with "too".
 
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