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Thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyen Posted 5 years ago
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Hi, I am an English learner and I am confused cos I can't distinguish when we have "a" in shortage/lack of sth and when we don't have an "a". For instance:

The meeting hasn’t started because of shortage of chairs

There is a shortage of food in some areas.

  

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"Cos" is not a word. OK, it is a word, but it isn't that word. The standard spelling is "'cause" (note the apostrophe), but even that is not called for outside of dialogue.

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  • "Cos" is not a word.
  • OK, it is a word, but it isn't that word.
  • The standard spelling is "'cause" (note the apostrophe), but even that is not called for outside of dialogue.
  • Write "because".
  • thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyen I am an English learner and I am confused cos I can't distinguish when we have "a" in shortage/lack of sth and when we don't have an "a".
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"Cos" is not a word. OK, it is a word, but it isn't that word. The standard spelling is "'cause" (note the apostrophe), but even that is not called for outside of dialogue. Write "because".

thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyenI am an English learner and I am confused cos I can't distinguish when we have "a" in shortage/lack of sth and when we don't have an "a".
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