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Loyal To: Standard Pattern

Loyal 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 “loyal to” before the person, organization, or cause that receives or holds someone’s loyalty.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsloyal to

Further guidance

Construction

Use “loyal to” before the person, organization, or cause that receives or holds someone’s loyalty.

Style Boundary

Cambridge directly documents “loyal to”; keep the guidance to that supported complement and do not treat it as a claim that every use of “loyal” requires 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. loyal — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press & Assessment · Direct learner-dictionary evidence for the adjective construction “loyal to.”

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