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Aware Of: Standard Pattern

Aware Of: Standard Pattern records the directly documented Cambridge construction and keeps the page scoped to that supported complement pattern.

Quick answer

Cambridge documents “aware of” when someone knows about or realizes a fact, situation, or person.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective complement
Termsaware of

Further guidance

Construction

Cambridge documents aware of for knowing about or realizing a fact, situation, or person.

Style Boundary

This page records the supported aware-of construction without treating every use of aware as requiring an explicit complement.

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. aware — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary evidence for the adjective construction aware of something.

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