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Given the following text:

> 東京都のある女性が、2017年10月23日から連絡が取れ[なく]{LL}なり、[行方]{«ゆくえ»}[不明]{ふ・めい}になっていた。

What’s the grammar for 「なく」after「取れ」? (e.g passive form or negate form, for
further googling)

Also, would that be different if I use 「連絡が取れない」?

Thank you.
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What’s なく after a verb for?
As you (probably) know, ～なる means "to become". For ナ-adjectives and nouns, it
is preceded by に, such as 友達になる, 元気になる, etc. For イ-adjectives and words that
conjugate like them, it is preceded by the "adverbial" ～く form; 新しくなる, 明るくなる,
行きたくなる ("become wanting to go"), etc.

This is just a case of the ～ない form of the verbー取れない (which conjugates like an
イ-adj.)ーbehaving "adverbially" in front of なる. So it would translate as, "A
Tokyo woman became un **able** (取れる is the potential form) to be reached after
2017/10/23, and her whereabouts were unknown".

> Also, would that be different if I use 「連絡が取れない」?

You could not just use 取れない here because of the から in the sentence. It's
saying that _starting_ on that date, contact with her could not be made, and
continued on for some time. If it were に instead of から, then you could use
取れない because then it's just a one-time action.
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