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Grammar fix

increase awareness

make people know

to help more people know about or understand something, especially an issue or topic

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • The campaign aims to increase awareness of mental health issues among teenagers.society
  • In my opinion, schools should do more to increase awareness of healthy eating habits among students.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: increase awareness (of something)

WrongWe want to increase awareness people about recycling.

RightWe want to raise people's awareness of recycling.

'Raise awareness OF something' (informally 'about'); 'raise' is the most natural verb here.

Patternincrease awareness (of something)

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff The campaign aims to augment public cognisance of the issue.

Natural The campaign aims to raise awareness of the issue.

Natives 'raise/increase awareness'; 'augment public cognisance' is jargon.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • raise/increase awareness of
    ofraisepublicabout

Don't confuse it

'Increase awareness' and 'raise awareness' mean the same thing and can often be used in similar situations.

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