Adjective + Preposition Patterns: Interested In, Good At, Responsible For, and More

Prepositions after adjectives are partly grammatical and partly lexical. That is why literal translation fails so often.

English says interested in, good at, responsible for, aware of, similar to, and concerned about. The adjective selects a conventional relationship; there is rarely a universal rule that predicts every choice.

Learn the whole frame, not the preposition alone

Store responsible for + noun/-ing, not just for. This makes the next sentence easier to produce: She is responsible for coordinating the review.

Meaning can alter the preposition

Angry with a person and angry about a decision are not random variants. The complement plays a different semantic role. Similar distinctions occur with good at / good for and concerned about / concerned with.

Compare this topic with verb + preposition patterns and record new combinations using the method in the collocation notebook guide.

Editing habit: whenever a preposition feels translated rather than remembered, check the adjective as a whole phrase. Advanced accuracy grows from lexical patterning, not from guessing one tiny word at a time.