Prone To: Standard Pattern records the directly documented Cambridge construction, including its noun and -ing complement behavior, without creating a thin comparison.
ReviewedEvidence1 sourceSectionEnglish Usage
Quick answer
Cambridge documents “prone to” before a noun or an -ing form when describing a tendency or susceptibility.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective complement
Termsprone to
Further guidance
Construction
Cambridge documents be prone to something or to doing something for a tendency or susceptibility.
Style Boundary
This page records the supported prone-to construction; it does not claim that all nearby wording choices are interchangeable.
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.
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.
