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Tolerant Of: Standard Pattern

Tolerant Of: 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 “tolerant of” to name the behavior, belief, condition, or circumstance that someone accepts or endures.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termstolerant of

Further guidance

Construction

Use “tolerant of” to name the behavior, belief, condition, or circumstance that someone accepts or endures.

Style Boundary

The page records the directly documented “tolerant of” construction and does not turn it into a universal rule for every syntactic use of “tolerant.”

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. tolerant — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press & Assessment · Direct learner-dictionary evidence for the adjective construction “tolerant of.”

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