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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux  Mar  2 2019 GCC   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.06-Linux r3.105 Mar  2 2019 GCC 6.3.0   
   >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.  :)   
      
   Mike   
      
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