Noted For: Standard Pattern
Noted For: 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.
Use “noted for” to identify the quality, achievement, feature, or fact for which someone or something is especially known.
Key details
Choose the right form
| Meaning / situation | Form / construction | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| identify what a person, place, or thing is especially known for | noted for + noun/-ing phrase | Use the documented “for” complement. |
| use “noted” in another grammatical sense, such as the past tense/participle of note | context-dependent | Do not force the “for” complement onto unrelated uses of the word. |
Quick tests
Meaning / construction test
Are you saying what the subject is especially known for?
If yes: Use “noted for” followed by the quality, achievement, feature, or activity.
If no: If “noted” means recorded or observed in another construction, use the grammar required by that separate sense.
Caveat: This page is limited to the “be noted for” known-for sense and should not be generalized to every verbal use of “note.”
Examples
The town is noted for its annual flower market.
The “for” phrase identifies what the town is known for.
She is noted for explaining complex ideas clearly.
The -ing phrase names the activity for which she is known.
The editor noted the discrepancy in the margin.
This is the verb “note” in a different construction.
Further guidance
Construction
Use “noted for” to identify the quality, achievement, feature, or fact for which someone or something is especially known.
Style Boundary
This page covers the documented “noted for” construction; it does not treat every use of “noted” as requiring a for-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.
- NOTED | English meaning — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct Cambridge dictionary evidence for “noted for” when identifying what a person, place, or thing is known for.