English UsageGrammar guide

Apt To: Standard Pattern

Apt To: Standard Pattern records the directly documented construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced complement pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.

Quick answer

Use “be apt to + verb” when describing a tendency or likelihood to do or become something.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective + to-infinitive
Termsapt to

Further guidance

Construction

Cambridge documents “be apt to” followed by a verb for being likely or having a tendency to do something.

Style Boundary

The page is limited to the documented tendency/likelihood construction and does not replace other meanings of apt.

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. APT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press & Assessment · Cambridge dictionary evidence for be apt to + verb as a documented construction.

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