How Can You Identify Lone Pairs Without Drawing Structures?

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Can anyone tell me the ways of finding out lone pairs without drawing structure.The most effective and quickest way will be appreciated but list all the methods if u know.

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no quick way, DRAW the Lewis structure - do it a lot and you will learn it well enough to do it quickly and correctly
 
eli64 said:
no quick way, DRAW the Lewis structure - do it a lot and you will learn it well enough to do it quickly and correctly
true that

are you in Chem 1 or Orgo 1?

familiarize yourself with CNOF and the terms mono/di/tri/tetra-valent etc.