Rings of almost unit stable rank 1.

We introduce the notion of a ring of almost unit stable rank 1 as a generalization of the notion of a ring of unit stable rank 1. We prove that a ring of almost unit stable rank 1 with nonzero Jacobson radical is a ring of unit stable rank 1 and is a 2-good ring. We introduce the notion of almost 2-good ring and show that an adequate domain is an almost 2-good ring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]