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Mike Powell | PAUL QUINN | National Geographic |
May 3, 2019 8:03 PM * |
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>IMHO: this is unnatural to a native speaker. (I don't know where Mike got his >rule from, although it may be correct for 99.99% of cases in his locale.) The >passage should read: "...lack of progress means they are not...". It could be >countable, in either the case of there being many (persons) involved, or in the >singular case of one person, when speaking of 'their'. English can be >annoyingly imprecise at times. 8-) That is how I would also say it, as lack is singular. |
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■ SLMR 2.1a ■ My wife made me join a bridge club...I jump next week.
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