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Police Grateful Public Collaboration Co Operation Verb Collaborate Work

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Keyword collaboration
Type of Sentence ✗
Error Sentence The police were grateful to the public for their collaboration.
Correct Sentence The police were grateful to the public for their co-operation.
Cloze Error Sentence The police were grateful to the public for their [[collaboration]].
Cloze Sentence The police were grateful to the public for their [[co-operation]].
Cloze Answer co-operation
Choices co-operation | collaboration
Explanation

Collaboration comes from the verb collaborate (= work in partnership with someone on the same task, especially one of a scientific, artistic or industrial nature): 'He was one of the scientists who had collaborated with Oppenheimer to produce the first atomic bomb.'

Co-operation comes from the verb co-operate (= be willing to help someone to achieve something; be helpful): 'Faced with the threat of a full-scale military invasion, the general had no choice but to co-operate.'

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