This is confusing. Which is the right expression? What about curious in?
M munchkin2618 Member Joined Mar 31, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location Philippines May 11, 2011 #1 This is confusing. Which is the right expression? What about curious in?
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland May 11, 2011 #2 munchkin2618 said: This is confusing. Which is the right expression? What about curious in? Click to expand... "Curious about" is usual.
munchkin2618 said: This is confusing. Which is the right expression? What about curious in? Click to expand... "Curious about" is usual.
M munchkin2618 Member Joined Mar 31, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location Philippines May 11, 2011 #3 So, does that mean CURIOUS OF isn't wrong but just unusual?
J JTRiff Member Joined Mar 30, 2011 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country Netherlands Current Location Canada May 11, 2011 #4 Im trying to think of a way to use curious of... and can't. In dialogue. 'I'm curious, of course..." But that's cheating.. About is better. I'm curious in regard to... works. Curious regarding the reason for .... *
Im trying to think of a way to use curious of... and can't. In dialogue. 'I'm curious, of course..." But that's cheating.. About is better. I'm curious in regard to... works. Curious regarding the reason for .... *
freezeframe Key Member Joined Mar 28, 2011 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location Canada May 11, 2011 #5 Curious can mean "strange" or "unusual". It's possible to say "How curious of him!"
sunsunmoon Member Joined Nov 29, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Spanish Home Country Argentina Current Location Japan May 11, 2011 #6 curious - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online He was curious about how she would react. Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary We're curious about why you never called us. You can't use "of" in place of about or about.
curious - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online He was curious about how she would react. Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary We're curious about why you never called us. You can't use "of" in place of about or about.