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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'what is absent' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are asking about something that is not currently present or available. For example: "What is absent from my plate that should be there?".
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What is absent from "This Is Country Music" is a big risk, like the one Mr. Paisley took with "Welcome to the Future," the arena rock-style anthem that celebrated Barack Obama's election.
What is absent is any contrition.
What is absent from their expressions is any expectation of the world's opprobrium.
Yet while there are many bodies in it, the idea mainly speaks to what is absent.
SOMETIMES what is absent is more important than what is present.
Hodge resurfaces in Alan Bennett's anthology of six poets but what is absent is anything to equal Hector's emotional response.
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On foreign policy, what was absent was explicit ambition.
The concert revealed Joplin's greatness by what was absent.
What struck me most about the reef was what was absent.
What was absent from the session was any nod to the work of Foer.
But Mr. Paterson's inaugural remarks were most striking for what was absent from them.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com