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Grammar fix

shared responsibility

joint duty

A situation where two or more people are all responsible for something together, rather than just one person.

collocationB1occasional

Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • Raising children is often a shared responsibility between parents.daily life
  • In my opinion, protecting the environment should be a shared responsibility between governments and individuals.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: shared responsibility (for something) (between/among people)

WrongChildcare is a share responsibility.

RightChildcare is a shared responsibility.

'Shared' (the -ed adjective), not 'share'.

Patternshared responsibility (for something) (between/among people)

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff The duty is held jointly by both of us in equal measure.

Natural It's a shared responsibility.

'A shared responsibility' packs the whole idea into one phrase.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • a shared responsibility
    collectiveequallysense ofbecomes

Don't confuse it

Different from 'individual responsibility', which means only one person is responsible.

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