English UsageGrammar guide

Mindful Of: Standard Pattern

Mindful Of: Standard Pattern records the directly documented construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced complement pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.

Quick answer

Use “mindful of” before the fact, condition, or circumstance receiving attention.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective complement
Termsmindful of

Further guidance

Construction

Cambridge documents “mindful of” when someone gives attention to or is careful not to forget a fact or circumstance.

Style Boundary

This page covers the mindful-of complement pattern and does not collapse it into the separate mindful-that clause 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.

  1. mindful — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary evidence for mindful of when giving attention to or not forgetting something.

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