Some adjectives need a preposition before their object. There doesn’t seem to be a logical rule, I’m afraid! We just need to learn them.
- A solution ACCEPTABLE TO all involved.
- They are ACCUSTOMED TO the attention.
- Will the room be ADEQUATE FOR your needs?
- I’m AFRAID OF spiders – especially big ones!!
- I was not AWARE OF that.
- The movie is BASED ON a book.
- He’s not CAPABLE OF telling the truth.
- Fair skin is a CHARACTERISTIC OF Swedish people.
- The Medical Center is CLOSE TO campus.
- Salt is COMPOSED OF sodium and chlorine.
- What he says is CONTRARY TO common sense.
- Anne is no longer DEPENDENT ON her parents.
- Bluegrass is DIFFERENT FROM other types of country music.
- I was DISAPPOINTED WITH my grade.
- He’s ELIGIBLE FOR a three-week vacation.
- A meter is approximately EQUAL TO a yard.
- Is your bicycle EQUIPPED WITH a light?
- Water is ESSENTIAL FOR all life.
- I’m not FAMILIAR WITH that song.
- Washington State is FAMOUS FOR its apples.
