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Message   Paul Quinn    Alexander Koryagin   National Geographic   May 4, 2019
 8:53 AM *  

Hi! Alexander,

On 03 May 19 21:39, you wrote to me:

 AK> But "lack" is the subject, and "saps" is the predicate to "lack"

I am out of my depth here.[gulp]  I withdraw.

 AK> So, "Their apparent lack of progress MEANS they are not doing their
 AK> job properly." -- here we have "lack" uncountable.

Yes.  (I'll play a visual pun at this point and transverse an 's'...)  They're
a _slack_ mob for not working hard enough.[weak grin]

 AK> [a lack of food]
 AK> here we use "lack" as singular noun.

Okay.  What fun.  :)

Cheers,
Paul.

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