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- Question
Improve the given sentence if necessary. There is many a slip between the cup and lip.
Options- A. cup and lip
- B. cups and lips
- C. the cup and the lip
- D. No improvement
- Correct Answer
- the cup and the lip
ExplanationThe 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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Options- A. Ram
- B. Jaganath
- C. Shiva
- D. Vishnu Discuss
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Options- A. 25 years
- B. 21 years
- C. 18 years
- D. 35 years Discuss
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- B. Film Finance Corporation
- C. Federation of Football Council
- D. None of the above Discuss
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- B. Business Standard
- C. Euromoney
- D. Money Matters Discuss
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- B. alloys which contain mercury as one of the contents
- C. alloys which have great resistance to abrasion
- D. alloys which contain carbon Discuss
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- B. Golf
- C. Bridge
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- B. the Contingency Fund
- C. both the above funds
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