I have a question. Please explain the answer as following : There is an increasing ________ in our product since the new publicity campaign. a. interest b. interested c. interesting d. intere

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I have a question. Please explain the answer as following : There is an increasing ________ in our product since the new publicity campaign. a. interest b. interested c. interesting d. interestingly I understand the blank need a noun or gerund because there is "an" before that. The answer is A.because it is a noun. But I think C is also a gerund. Why is C wrong answer? I think a verb + ~ing = gerund. Is it right?

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Of course you can.But interesting is an adjective too !

Thanks, Jeff. I think " increasing " is a adjective. so I can use "an + adjective + noun". Is it correct?

Yes you are right. verb+ing= gerund>I think C seems wrong because there is gerund before the blank and 2 gerunds together looks odd !.so it is better to pick A...and it is also better to put this problem as a question,not notebook. *_*

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