lack something vs lack in something?
The sauce was lacking in flavor.
The sauce was lacking flavor.
Are both of these sentences correct? Do I have to put a preposition in?

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They're both correct, but they're grammatically different. It isn't simply a case of adding or omitting a preposition if you feel like it.  If 'lacking' is a verb, you don't use 'in'; if  'lacking' is an adjective, you do.

The sauce was lacking flavour =  The sauce lacked flavour.
Here, 'lack' here is a verb, and 'flavour' is the direct object.

The sauce was lacking in flavour.
Here, 'lacking' is a predicative adjective which requires a particular construction: 
be + lacking + in + indirect object

I hope that helps.

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They're both correct! As another commenter already said, the preposition is correct but not nessecary.

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Both are correct. No preposition is required but you can put it there if you like.

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Both are correct. No preposition is required but you can put it there if you like.

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