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От : Ardith Hinton 1:153/716 30 авг 25 23:56:31
К : Alexander Koryagin 30 авг 25 10:22:01
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Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to All:
AK> In the translation of Jules Verne`s "The Voyages and Adventures
AK> of Captain Hatteras" (project Gutenberg) there are these "table"
AK> sentences:
AK> ----- Beginning of the citation -----
AK> Hatteras unfolded on the table one of the excellent charts
AK> published in 1859 by the order of the Admiralty.
AK> ..."Here is the chart of the Polar Seas," resumed the doctor,
AK> who had brought it to the table;
AK> ... Johnson and Bell had a good supper awaiting them.
AK> But before they sat down to table, the doctor said in a voice
AK> of triumph, as he pointed to his two companions,
AK> ----- The end of the citation -----
AK> Can you say a formal excuse why "table" in the last sentence
AK> is used without any article?
My OXFORD CANADIAN DICTIONARY lists "at table" but not "to table".
THE FREE DICTIONARY tells me how to translate "at table " & to
"table" into Spanish, but offers no explanation of the sort you apparently
want.
When I look up "to" or "at", however, I find many other examples:
to wit (i.e. "viz." or "namely")
to arms, men!
from north to south
sentenced to xxx years in jail
work from nine to five
get to work
add insult to injury
at home, at school, at play
at hand
at cost
at noon
at age 65
at boiling or freezing point
at most
Sometimes I can`t offer a formal reason for such things. All I can do
is to identify patterns & add examples. OTOH, you`ve been studying the English
language for quite some time now... and you`ve heard me say that the rules many
of us were taught in grade two don`t necessarily work in higher grades. When I
was studying French & Latin I ran into similar problems after a few years. :-Q
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
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