English UsageGrammar guide

Invaluable To: Standard Pattern

Invaluable 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 “invaluable to” before the person or group that finds something extremely useful.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsinvaluable to

Further guidance

Construction

Use “invaluable to” before the person or group that finds something extremely useful.

Style Boundary

Cambridge also attests “invaluable for”; this guide records the “to” construction without claiming it is the only valid 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. Invaluable — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct learner-dictionary evidence for “invaluable to” when something is extremely useful to a person or group.

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