Is it possible to 'take responsibility to do something' ?
Hi everyone
Is it possible to use 'to' or 'of' with 'take responsibility', for example, take responsibility to do your job?
I have only ever seen 'take responsibility for' something. However, I have also seen 'take on' responsibility for something, and wonder if this might be different in this way.
Thank you in advance for your help :)
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you can take "take responsibility" for your job, yourself, your child, your actions. For anything really. You would use "for" in these instances rather than "to".
"take responsibility to do your job" makes grammatical sense but I think it sounds more natural to say "take responsibility for your job" or for example you could say "you must take responsibility when doing your job"
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You're mixing apples and oranges!
It is correct to say "to have responsibility for <someone/something>" and "to take on <something/someone>." You can also "take on responsibility for something/someone>," if you want to combine the two expressions.
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