skakd wrote:
I have two questions regarding these to words:
1 If I want to express the meaning of "as is the case with XXX", can I say "as true for/of XXX" or "as is true for/of XXX"?
2 Is it okay to say "there is lacking + n." and "there is lacking in + n."?
Hello,
skakd. I agree with what has been written above, although my own writing style is a little more subdued. (I rarely use exclamation points.) I think in the first question, the second case may be confusing
as with
is. You can say
is true for/of something, but not
as true for/of. That extra auxiliary verb is necessary:
as is true for/of. In the second question, are you asking about
there is specifically? If so, the only case I can think of in which such a construct is somewhat commonly employed is when someone wants to emphasize an idea or make a joke, as in the following example:
There is lacking funds, and then there is lacking funds, being flat-out broke, without a penny in your pocket.Of course, such usage is a little casual, but it is not grammatically incorrect. I cannot think of a similar sentence for
there is lacking in, so I would be more hesitant to use it. Cut
there is, though, and that is a different proposition altogether. One example off the top of my head is
Lacking in nutrients, the juice was nothing but sugar.I hope this information proves useful to you.
- Andrew