Grammar fix
increase awareness
make people know
to help more people know about or understand something, especially an issue or topic
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
The campaign aims to increase awareness of mental health issues among teenagers.
In my opinion, schools should do more to increase awareness of healthy eating habits among students.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: We want to increase awareness people about recycling.
Say: We want to raise people's awareness of recycling.
'Raise awareness OF something' (informally 'about'); 'raise' is the most natural verb here.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
Natives 'raise/increase awareness'; 'augment public cognisance' is jargon.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
raise/increase awareness of
- of
- raise
- public
- about