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[nautes20]

Hi,

Check the errors in the below sentence, please....

His speech was lacking in content and preparation.

I think 'was lacking' should be 'lacked'.

Best wishes...

[Anglika]

It is fine as it stands.

to be lacking in something = to not have a quality.

[nautes20]

Thanks...Anglika

[riverkid]

Hi,

Check the errors in the below sentence, please....

"below" does not seem to be strongly favored in the fronted position.

Googled for UK region only:

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,460 English pages for "the sentence below ".

Results 1 - 7 of 7 English pages for "the below sentence ".

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Googled for USA region only:

Results 1 - 10 of about 35,000 English pages for "the sentence below ".

Results 1 - 10 of about 3,680 English pages for "the below sentence ".


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Googled for Canada region only:

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,540 English pages for "the sentence below ".

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[fiona bramble]

It is fine as it stands.

to be lacking in something = to not have a quality.

It is fine as it stands, but "lacked" would also be fine.
Thanks for the addition, RK (although it took me a minute or two to figure what the heck you were on about!):

"below" does not seem to be strongly favored in the fronted position.

[rewboss]

It is fine as it stands, but "lacked" would also be fine.

But be careful -- it's a slightly different construction:

lack + [noun] (no preposition!)
It lacks content

be lacking in + [noun]
It is lacking in content

The two sentences do have a very slight difference in meaning. "It lacks content" usually means it has no content at all; "It is lacking in content" usually means there is some content, but not enough.

I say "usually", here; some native speakers may not agree. In practice, of course, the difference is not very important.