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Consider the following examples:
Would you be interested in buying a ticket
Jerry is very good at playing drums
The first sentence uses 'in' before the gerund while the second one uses 'at'. Why would that happen? Are there some patterns that we could use to apply 'in' and 'at' before the gerund. Is it wrong if I replace in with at in the second example?
Either preposition is part of the verb. One is interested in something or good at something.
Being good in something doesn't sound too weird to me, but it does invoke a thought of cooking..
