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jinmin1988
 
Reply Tue 20 Oct, 2009 07:48 pm
Neither smoke sensors nor fire sprinklers had been installed due to a lack of / lack of funds.

Can I use lacking instead of "a lack of /lack of" in this sentence? Why?

Thank you.
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Reply Tue 20 Oct, 2009 08:34 pm
@jinmin1988,
No. You could say...
Lacking the funds, neither smoke sensors or fire sprinklers had been installed.

or

Neither smoke sensors or fire sprinklers were installed because they/he/she was lacking funds.


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