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Prized For: Standard Pattern

Prized 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.

Quick answer

Use “prized for” when stating the quality, use, or feature because of which something is valued highly.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsprized for

Further guidance

Construction

Use “prized for” when stating the quality, use, or feature because of which something is valued highly.

Style Boundary

This page covers the documented value sense of “prize”; the separate verb meaning to force or lever something open is outside this 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.

  1. Prize — Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Oxford University Press · Direct dictionary syntax evidence for “prize something for something” and passive “prized for”

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