Question

0645 ✗ The police were grateful to the public for their co-operation. The police were grateful to the public for their [[co-operation]]. co-operation | collaboration

Accepted Answer

collaboration The police were grateful to the public for their collaboration. The police were grateful to the public for their [[collaboration]]. co-operation 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.'

Idx	0645
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.'

Police Grateful Public Collaboration Co Operation Verb Collaborate Work