I think this is a wrong usage of interested? But I have seen many people use this word esp. in vacancy ads. Are there any reasonable explanations for this? If we don’t use interested candidate or party, what else should we use?
Thanks a lot.
I don’t always support using Google, because anyone can write something with terrible grammar and post it, and sure enough, you’ll get a hit for it.
But there are 1.7 million hits for “interested party” and almost 1.6 million for “interested candidates.” I think you can be safe in assuming people use it.
Thanks, Amy. You always have the answer whenever I turn to you. Just one more question, does this apply to other adjectives formed by a verb + ED?
For example: The amazed student was amazed at the amazing finding.