Be Qualified To Do vs. Qualified For Something compares Oxford’s directly documented qualified to + verb and qualified for + noun phrase patterns. One frames the qualification as permission or ability to perform an action; the other names the job, role, or target for which someone is qualified.
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Quick answer
Use qualified to + verb for the activity someone has the training, knowledge, or skills to perform; use qualified for + noun phrase when naming the job, role, benefit, or other thing for which they meet the requirements.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyconstruction choice
Termsqualified + to-infinitive, qualified for + noun phrase
Further guidance
Core difference
Oxford directly documents qualified for something and qualified to do something. The complement identifies either the target thing or the action.
Style Boundary
Do not treat qualified as proof of appointment or entitlement; the page is only about the documented complement patterns.
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.
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