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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:03 pm    Post subject: lose interest <for/in> painting Reply with quote
I came across the following passage the other day.

life.Bella died. Before that she had been living a cheerful, full life. Their happy life ended 35 years after they had first met. Chagall lost all interest for painting, art, and life
(from Part 4 of Lesson 9, Unicorn English Course II [New Edition] (2009, Bunei-do, Tokyo, Japan)

Does the last sentence above, using the word for, make sense?
1. Chagall lost all interest for painting, art, and life.

Should it have been something like the following, using the word in?
2. Chagall lost all interest in painting, art, and life.

Or is OK as it is? What do you think
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I agree. I'm not sure if "for" is possible or not, but "in" sounds much better and more natural.
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