By Phobias, Gerunds

MrPedantic wrote: Alexa For Australia wrote: But apparently believing quite the contrary is a sin of some kind; otherwise, why is everyone attacking Stannum's point of view and person in such an awful way? No one is forced to contribute to Controversial Subjects; but if you do...

It's true "anxious of" is now getting obsolete. I'm wondering why the construct of "be anxious for V-ing (gerund)" is not used. Is it because there is the construct of "be anxious for a noun to V" ?paco I found a good example "anxious of" in a site of Bournemouth University, UK Anxieties and...