Common mistakes: Obligation

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.My obligations include doing the housework and picking up the children from school .My duties include doing the housework and picking up the children from school

Obligation

Noun

.BAD: My obligations include doing the housework and picking up the children from school .GOOD: My duties include doing the housework and picking up the children from school

obligation = moral duty or responsibility

.Having promised to cut taxes, the government now has an obligation to do so

.Anyone who rents a property is under an obligation to keep it clean and tidy

duty = what you have to do because it is a part of your job or because you think it is right

One of the principal’s main duties is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the school