Pleased With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
ReviewedEvidence1 sourceSectionEnglish Usage
Quick answer
Use “pleased with” when expressing happiness or satisfaction with a person, thing, result, or performance.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective complement
Termspleased with, be pleased with something
Further guidance
Construction
Use “pleased with” when expressing happiness or satisfaction with a person, thing, result, or performance.
Style Boundary
Cambridge also records “pleased about,” “pleased that,” and “pleased to,” so “with” is one documented complement rather than the only possible construction.
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.
Pleased↗ (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct learner-dictionary evidence for pleased with, pleased about, pleased that, and pleased + to-infinitive constructions.
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.
