[Grammar] Interested ON x Interested IN

[Stefanos Drakoulakis]

Good morning from Brazil to you all,

I am deeply sorry for the silly question, but when I was reading "Age of Revolution", on pat. 105, I stumbled across the following: " Austria had a considerable passive interest IN the matter" - as I have always seen interest ON, I could not get quite the rule behind such a use. How could I correctly use it?


Thanks for the answers.

 

[emsr2d2]

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

If you're talking about money, then "on" is correct.

How much interest will I accrue on my savings?
I will have to pay 25% interest on my car loan.

If you're talking about someone liking something and wanting to know more about it, then it's always "in".

I'm interested in art.
Are you interested in that boy?
Is he interested in helping me on Sunday?

If you have "always" seen "interest on" in the second context I have quoted, then unfortunately you have always seen incorrect usage.

 

[Stefanos Drakoulakis]

Thank you very much for the quick answer and for the warm welcome!

I`ll keep that in mind.