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   Hi, ALL!   
      
   I am reading now  a glittering, reputable National Geographic   
   magazine ("100 greatest mysteries revealed"), and in the article   
   about King Arthur I read:   
      
   -----Beginning of the citation-----   
   Historical opinion is now split. Some scholars think   
   that the lack of contemporary accounts of Arthur mean   
   he is a later invention.   
   ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
   1. What about the absence of article before "Historical opinion"?   
   2. why do they write "mean" instead of "means"?   
      
   IMHO the lack of ... means...   
      
   Bye, ALL!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
      
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