Ask GMAT Experts | Re: Parallelism : Doubt in one of the items of the list.

Hi,

I am facing a doubt in the item of a parallel list. My question goes like this-:

The earliest English settlers in Virginia failed to survive their first winter in the New World because of
factors such as inadequate food supplies, harsh weather, andan inability to communicate with Native
Americans.

One of the options to the above question was "Lacking an inability". I rejected this option based on the fact the original answer i.e "an inability" was having "inability"