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"Your access to and use of the Services are conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms."

Shouldn't "conditioned" be "conditional"?

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Yes. Some people would say it's "conditional upon".
 

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It may be "conditional." The original sentence is just fine.
 

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It may be "conditional." The original sentence is just fine.

Do you mean that "conditioned on" is acceptable? I've never seen that construction.
 

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Me neither. One can be conditioned in a certain way or conditioned to do something, but "conditioned on"?
 

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'Conditioned on' kidney donation, sisters' prison release prompts ethics debate

"The Mississippi Department of Corrections believes the sisters no longer pose a threat to society," Barbour said in the statement. "Their incarceration is no longer necessary for public safety or rehabilitation, and Jamie Scott's medical condition creates a substantial cost to the State of Mississippi. . . . Gladys Scott's release is conditioned on her donating one of her kidneys to her sister, a procedure which should be scheduled with urgency."
 
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