maverick88  +  60818 Sat, 11 Dec 04 04:05 PM Can someone tell me please when I have to use lack in and when lack of Thanks maverick88 Joined on Mon, Nov 22 2004 Israel Regular Member 695 An English learner

	Andrei  +  60826 Sat, 11 Dec 04 04:47 PM We are lacking space in my house. What we lack in this house is space. Otherwise, you always write lack of money, lack of cars, lack of houses, etc. Andrei Joined on Sat, May 29 2004 Full Member 387

	maverick88  +  60863 Sat, 11 Dec 04 11:38 PM I think you misunderstood my question I asked " when I have to use "lack in" and when - "lack of" I mean when I have to affix "of" and when "in" maverick88 Affix

	paco2004  +  60872 Sun, 12 Dec 04 12:13 AM When 'lack' is used as a noun, 'lack of/in' are used the way like this; A problem of this are is a lack of food supply. (a lack of something = being poor in something) Food supply is a lack in this area. (a lack = a thing wanted) paco paco2004 Joined on Wed, Nov 17 2004 Senior Member 4,095 In Japan today even dogs are learning how to bow-wow in English. Nouns

	komountain  +  61131 Mon, 13 Dec 04 09:39 AM When "lack" is a noun, you say "a lack of something"; When "lack" is a verb, you say "lack something"; When "lack" changes into an adjective form of "lacking," you say "I'm lacking in something." komountain Joined on Mon, Nov 8 2004 Full Member 269 Verbs, Nouns