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   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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