Seeking expressions or interests

Don't mask your writing with too many unnecessary words.







I have chanced upon an advertisement (in a popular national English daily) inserted by an international company.

The advertisement is titled EXPRESSION OF INTEREST and begins with the following sentence.

Expression of interests are sought for the purchase of condominium units at a location.

Expression of interests is the subject of the sentence and "of interests" is the enlargement of the noun/subject, "expression". If you take away such enlargement, you will notice that the sentence is faulty suffering from noun-verb disagreement.

Usually, converting the noun/subject into a plural one will solve the problem; but it does not appear so in this case since the advertisement is actually seeking interests (and not expressions of interests) for the purchase of condominium units.

Consequently, the most suitable version should be: Interests are sought for the purchase of condominium units at a location.

'Tis the gift to be simple.
-- Shaker Proverb