"gap in the text" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you need to describe a missing piece of information in the written text, either due to an error in the original text or because it was intentionally omitted. For example, "There appears to be a gap in the text between paragraphs 8 and 9."
"Yes, there are gaps in the text.
There are gaps in the text and character development is cut short.
When Turney examined Wilson's diary (written in pencil), he found "gaps in the text", as if some entries had been rubbed out.
(The Dadaists wrote that any art that can be understood is "the product of a journalist" … Do you care?) I sometimes do works without words, paintings or drawings that are meant to be just by themselves, or texts with no images, but I like to play with both, leave gaps in the text that I can suggest in the drawing, or the reverse.
It is suggested that self-explaining in the minimal text condition served to compensate for weaknesses and gaps in the text, whereas self-explaining in the maximal text condition may have led learners to detect flaws in their mental models and repair them.
The overall estimate is based on gaps in the text and the absence of certain key illustrations.
The popularity of Theodotion's translation in the early church can be deduced from its fragments that fill gaps in the Septuagint text of Jeremiah and from its version of Daniel that replaces the Septuagint translation.
Identify contradictions, gaps, and inconsistencies in the text.[6] Determine if there is enough data or research included to support the author's claims.
Finally, the Critique of Judgment, which apparently was not part of Kant's original plan but which he thought was needed to fill a gap in the system, is a foundational text for the modern study of aesthetics and also includes a section on the use of teleological principles in science.
Where this leaves an important gap in the information this is mentioned in the text.
