Curious about is the normal pattern for interest or wanting information. Curious as is not a standard adjective pattern, though as may appear in other sentence structures.
Use curious about when talking about interest or wanting to know something. Curious as is generally not idiomatic as a direct pattern after curious.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Curious about is the standard pattern for wanting information or feeling interest.
Curious is often followed by an infinitive.
Curious can introduce clauses about uncertainty or interest.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
English normally uses about after curious.
✕ I'm curious as the plan ✓ I'm curious about the planCurious usually needs about before a noun topic.
✕ She is curious the changes ✓ She is curious about the changesCurious of sounds old-fashioned or literary.
✕ He was curious of the outcome ✓ He was curious about the outcomeCurious can also mean unusual in some contexts.
✕ a curious about smell ✓ a curious smellChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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It can appear in comparison structures such as as curious as, but not usually as a direct preposition after curious.
Yes. You can say curious why, curious whether, or curious how.
It usually means interested and wanting to know more, though it can also mean unusual.
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