To take responsibility is to accept a duty or take on the job of dealing with a problem.
take responsibility for + noun/-ing
- The team took responsibility for fixing the booking error.
- Parents should take responsibility for checking the school notices.
What changed
First version
She took responsibility of the mistake.
Revision
She took responsibility for the mistake.
Use for after responsibility to say what someone accepts responsibility for. You can name a thing, as in for the mistake, or an action with -ing, as in for fixing it.
Be responsible for describes an existing duty. Take responsibility emphasises accepting responsibility in a particular situation.
Your turn
The organiser took responsibility ___ informing everyone about the change. (for / of)
Show the answer
for — Informing everyone is the organiser's responsibility, so the preposition is for.
Describe a situation in which someone took responsibility for correcting a mistake. What exactly did they do?
Our manager took responsibility for correcting the timetable and sent everyone an update.
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