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   Hi! Mike,   
      
   On 05/04/2019 10:03 AM, you wrote:   
      
    >> English can be annoyingly imprecise at times.  8-)   
      
    MP> That is how I would also say it, as lack is singular.  :)   
      
   OTOH, English lacks some 'super powers' that are inherent in other languages.    
   E.g. a plural form of 'their' separate from a singular form.   
      
   )   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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