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.
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.
- 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.