Conducive To: Standard Pattern records the directly documented Cambridge construction for the adjective and keeps the guidance narrower than an invented two-sided comparison.
ReviewedEvidence1 sourceSectionEnglish Usage
Quick answer
Cambridge documents “conducive to” for conditions that help something good happen or exist.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective complement
Termsconducive to
Further guidance
Construction
Cambridge examples use conducive to for conditions that help something happen or exist.
Style Boundary
This page records the supported conducive-to construction and does not generalize beyond the documented complement 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.
Absent From: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
Accountable For: Standard Pattern records the directly documented Cambridge construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced complement pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
Acquainted With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
Addicted To: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
Adept At: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
Adjacent To: Standard Pattern records the directly documented construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced complement pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
