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.
In my opinion, protecting the environment should be a shared responsibility between governments and individuals.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: Childcare is a share responsibility.
Say: Childcare is a shared responsibility.
'Shared' (the -ed adjective), not 'share'.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'A shared responsibility' packs the whole idea into one phrase.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
a shared responsibility
- collective
- equally
- sense of
- becomes