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Accessible To: Standard Pattern

Accessible To: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.

Quick answer

Use “accessible to” before the people or group who can reach, obtain, use, or understand something.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsaccessible to

Further guidance

Construction

Use “accessible to” before the people or group who can reach, obtain, use, or understand something.

Style Boundary

Cambridge also documents other accessible constructions such as “accessible by”; this guide covers only the attested “to” pattern.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. Accessible — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct learner-dictionary evidence for “accessible to” with people or groups who can reach, obtain, use, or understand something.

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