Multiple choice

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (11) below? is bound to fall back upon the shoulders of

  1. Change 'upon' to 'on'

  2. Delete 'bound to fall'

  3. Delete 'back'

  4. Delete article 'the'
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(C) �Fall back upon� is an idiomatic use that conveys an entirely different meaning not intended here. 'Fall upon' is the correct usage.

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