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The phrase "am apt to" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate a tendency or likelihood to do something.
Example: "I am apt to forget my keys if I don't have a designated spot for them."
Alternatives: "tend to" or "prone to".
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I was duly warned not to make a scene, as I am apt to do.
I have missed many, many years of information and am apt to get very confused.
I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival".
I am apt to leave my pile and hanging items out for a day or two for admiration as objets.
In 1753, the Scottish philosopher David Hume wrote, "I am apt to suspect the Negroes, and all other species of men . . . to be naturally inferior to the whites.
In the following decade, the Scottish philosopher David Hume would write: "I am apt to suspect the Negroes, and in general all other species of men to be naturally inferior to the whites.
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Progress, however, is apt to come slowly.
Chicago's suburbs are apt to swing.
It's apt to cook up resentment.
Drive dangerously, you're apt to injure others; ride dangerously, I'm apt to injure myself.
Presbyterians were apt to be Patriots, Anglicans often Tories.
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