fell through the crack

[thomas615]

Is this sentence correct?

I did not send the letter to XXX Company regarding the funding of the project. I have been so busy with so many projects so it must have fell through the crack.

 

[bhaisahab]

Is this sentence correct?

I did not send the letter to XXX Company regarding the funding of the project. I have been so busy with so many projects so it must have fell through the crack.

It should be "fallen", not "fell". Even then the second sentence is a bit strange.

 

[SoothingDave]

"It must have fallen through the cracks" is an expression used to say that something got overlooked due to a heavy workload.

Note that "cracks" is plural.

fall through the cracks - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

 

[billmcd]

It should be "fallen", not "fell". Even then the second sentence is a bit strange.

Yes, I agree. If this is some type of business deal/arrangement, for the response to have "fallen through the crack" and to have been "too busy" , would seem to be a much too casual excuse.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't think I would expect to hang on to my job very long if my best excuse for not having done something were "Yeah, sorry, it must have fallen through the cracks". I think the next thing falling anywhere would be my letter of termination of employment falling through my letterbox.

 

[SoothingDave]

I don't think I would expect to hang on to my job very long if my best excuse for not having done something were "Yeah, sorry, it must have fallen through the cracks". I think the next thing falling anywhere would be my letter of termination of employment falling through my letterbox.

I think it depends on the gravity of the forgotten action. You wouldn't fire your best employee because he forgot a trivial item.

 

[5jj]

I think it depends on the gravity of the forgotten action. You wouldn't fire your best employee because he forgot a trivial item.

I might if the best excuse s/he came up with were presented in so informal a way.

 

[BobK]

"It must have fallen through the cracks" is an expression used to say that something got overlooked due to a heavy workload.

Note that "cracks" is plural.

fall through the cracks - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

:up: I've always assumed it referred to the cracks in a wooden floor - a suspended one, that is, with floorboards on joists. I don't know if this is solid etymologically, but it works as a mnemonic.

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[emsr2d2]

I think it depends on the gravity of the forgotten action. You wouldn't fire your best employee because he forgot a trivial item.

I imagine a letter about the funding of a project probably isn't trivial! And surely your best employee would forget nothing, trivial or otherwise. ;-)