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    Default Use of CONDUCIVE

    can any body help me. Can I use condusive with a personal noun..
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    Jane is conducive to interactions.

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    Default Re: Use of CONDUCIVE

    Jane is conducive to. . .doesn't sound right to me. Jane's easygoing manner (or something about Jane) is conducive to intercourse (interchange of thoughts) or discussion. Interactions doesn't sound right either.

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    Default Re: Use of CONDUCIVE

    The BNC (British National Corpus) doesn't have any examples of this.

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