Q:
Improve the given sentence if necessary.
There is many a slip between the cup and lip.
Answer & Explanation
Answer: C) the cup and the lip
Explanation: The phrase ‘between the cup and lip’ needs to be replaced with ‘between the cup and the lip’. It means a situation where things did not happen at the last minute the way they were expected to due to unforeseen reasons. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘There is many a slip between the cup and the lip’.
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