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Grammar fix

take responsibility

accept duty or blame

to agree that you are in charge of something or admit that something is your fault.

collocationB1common

Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • She decided to take responsibility for organizing the event.daily life
  • In my opinion, parents should take responsibility for teaching their children good manners.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: take responsibility (for [something])

WrongHe took the responsibility of the failure.

RightHe took responsibility for the failure.

'Take responsibility FOR' something; usually no 'the' before 'responsibility' here.

Patterntake responsibility (for [something])

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff I shall assume accountability for the error.

Natural I'll take responsibility for the mistake.

'Take responsibility' is the natural collocation; 'assume accountability' is corporate jargon.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • take responsibility for
    for the mistakefor your actionsfor the teamfor it

Don't confuse it

Compare with 'be responsible for,' which describes an ongoing role, while 'take responsibility' is about accepting it at a specific moment.

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