Whatever aspirations he had/Many of his aspirations and goals

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. Whatever aspirations he had/Many of his aspirations and goals were hindered by his jealous stepbrothers.
  2. Men’s interest for/in developing a cure for cancer has promoted the rapid advances in the field of genetic engineering.

Which are correct at the bold parts?

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  1. Either would work.

  2. “interest in”.

“rapid advances” is more likely than “the rapid advances” (though the latter is possible if referring to some previously mentioned advances). There seems no reason to exclude women from this sentence.

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Are they equally acceptable?

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In terms of correctness of English, yes. There are faint differences in meaning. The version with “whatever” implies that all aspirations (not just many) were hindered, and is vaguer about their original existence. Also, the second version obviously mentions “goals”, which the first doesn’t. However, the basic gist is the same.

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He’s interest for going U.S.A…

Does “for” work here?

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Not even ‘interest’ works there!

He’s interested in going to the USA.