tolerant to tolerant of

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"A child is tolerant to dairy products or of dairy products?"
 

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Both seem to be used, but "of" is much more frequent.
 

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I would use "of" but it's a strange sentence. We normally talk of those who are lactose intolerant.

You normally talk about those who have a condition, not those who didn't.
 
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