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Tinanam0102 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

lack or lack for

Hi teachers,

This area does not lack good resturants
His book lack coherent structure.

When does one know it calls for a prepostiion?
Is there 'He lacks in experence'?
Thanks
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His book lacks (a) coherent structure. (The use of 'a' is optional here) He is lacking in experience.

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  • His book lacks (a) coherent structure.
  • (The use of 'a' is optional here) He is lacking in experience.
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His book lacks (a) coherent structure. (The use of 'a' is optional here)
He is lacking in experience.
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'Lack for' is wrong except for idiom 'lack for nothing'
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Perfect Strangerhow about lack of
Fine, when 'lack' is used as a noun.
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tinanam0102This area does not lack good resturants
What this area (city) doesn't lack is good restaurants. (meaning there are a lot of good ones to choose from). But idiomatically I would not express it in that structure.
tinanam0102Is there 'He lacks in experence'?
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