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Awence Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Use of "lack of"

0I am very confused by the use of "lack of"02br
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001. His problem is the lack of confidence.02br
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002.The company is lack of money to finance the project.02br
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00May i know why number two is wrong while one is correct? 0-
  

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0Use 'lack' as a noun in the first sentence and as a 01b 00verb02b 00 in the second:02br 001. 0-

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  • 0Use 'lack' as a noun in the first sentence and as a 01b 00verb02b 00 in the second:02br 001.
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0Use 'lack' as a noun in the first sentence and as a 01b00verb02b00 in the second:02br
001. His problem is a lack of confidence.02br
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002.The company lacks the money to finance the project.0-
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0I came to learn about that just now. But i don't understand why noun cant be used in the latter?0-
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0You can, but you need to say something like "The company suffers from a lack of cash reserves" or "The company's problem is the lack of a reliable source of funding," or even "The company has a lack of..."0-
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0You can think of the word 'is' as being the same as 'equals' ( = ). In your first sentence that's fine:02br
001. problem = lack of confidence 02br
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00Your second sentence cannot mean this:02br
002. 01font00the company = lack of money02font00 01font01b00[N]02b
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0I'd like to pitich in my 2 cents if you don;t mind...02img02br
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00" the lack of something" is the absence of something.02br
00Due to the 01sup00lack of additional funding02sup00, NASA's Naptune project was put on hold. We can convey the same idea using "lack"as a
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01cite10Goodman12cite10" the lack of something" is the absence of something.12blockquote
10Right, so if you use 01b00lack02b00 as a verb and say "The company 01b00lacks02b00 the money", that means basically the same thing as "The company does not have the money". 0-
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