A The family responsibility B The family's responsibility C The responsibility of the family
I would have thought that the two correct ways of expressing that were B and C. However, I have seen/read option A many times.
I am never sure about how to use it properly!
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A The family responsibility B The family's responsibility C The responsibility of the family
I would have thought that the two correct ways of expressing that were B and C. However, I have seen/read option A many times.
I am never sure about how to use it properly!
I am not an expert on grammar but I do not like the way A sounds and agree that it should say "a family responsibility". Options B and C are the same just using different forms of the possesive.
Can you use option A in a sentence? The family responsibilty ...
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A The family responsibility B The family's responsibility C The responsibility of the family
I would have thought that the two correct ways of expressing that were B and C. However, I have seen/read option A many times.
I am never sure about how to use it properly!
In A, "family" is used as an adjective, so you could say, "Raising children is a family responsibility."
Of course you could just as easily say it with B or C, in which "family" is a possessive noun, "Raising children is the family's responsibility." "Raising children is the repsonsibility of the family."
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A The family responsibility B The family's responsibility C The responsibility of the family
I would have thought that the two correct ways of expressing that were B and C. However, I have seen/read option A many times.
I am never sure about how to use it properly!
I would say that A should be said like this "It is a family responsibility."
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Just remember that not all English speakers write well or use good grammar and
(like others have already alluded to) it's always about context.
The hard thing about English is that there are usually at least three ways to say something! EEKS. :0 It's almost like you can never know if it's really correct until you see it used in a sentence. I know. It isn't easy!
If you use "the responsibility of the family" you're likely to be correct in most contexts. Hope that helps.
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