Or even without effort, since all programmers have used monoids all their lives! This situation is very much like knowing about Fido, Spikes and Bones, but lack

Or even without effort, since all programmers have used monoids all their lives! This situation is very much like knowing about Fido, Spikes and Bones, but lacking a word for “dog”, and thus being unable to talk about a dog without referring to a specific one.