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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are very prone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a tendency or susceptibility to something, often in a negative context.
Example: "Children are very prone to catching colds during the winter months."
Alternatives: "are highly susceptible" or "tend to be vulnerable".
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Small regions of DNA known as microsatellites are very prone to mutating, creating a kind of genetic fingerprint that's different from one family to another.
Writers are very prone to having unreasonable expectations of reality and its inhabitants – used, as we are, to manipulating fictitious characters and environments, we can tend to assume that nothing in the real world should move on without at least consulting us.
Human embryos are very prone to genetic abnormalities, which is why so many pregnancies fail in the first few weeks.
Major settlements are situated on these debris cones which are very prone to mass movements during the rainfall.
In most cases, Ag2S nanoparticles are very prone to gather, which will greatly reduce its optical properties.
Hence, they are very prone to maloperate even for high impedance faults and power system contingency conditions.
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"But New York City is very prone to booms and busts".
They're very prone to having affairs, and so on".
"President Clinton is very prone to veer from the written script," Mr. Edmonds said.
I'm very prone to falling into depressions – not clinical, just "can't be bothered".
"Color is very prone to pop psychology," Craig Knight, a research psychologist at the University of Exeter, told me.
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