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От : Alexander Koryagin 2:221/1 03 сен 25 09:32:18
К : Ardith Hinton 03 сен 25 09:36:02
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Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 30.08.2025 23:56
AK>> In the translation of Jules Verne`s "The Voyages and Adventures of
AK>> 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, who
AK>>> had brought it to the table;
AK>>> ... Johnson and Bell had a good supper awaiting them. But before
AK>>> they sat down to table, the doctor said in a voice of triumph, as
AK>>> 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 is
AK>> used without any article?
AH> My OXFORD CANADIAN DICTIONARY lists "at table" but not "to table".
AH> THE FREE DICTIONARY tells me how to translate "at table " &
AH> to "table" into Spanish, but offers no explanation of the sort you
AH> apparently want.
Indeed, after some thinking I feel that "sat down at table" sounds
better. Probably most of books are translated into English by people who
are not Englishmen. They convey the contents well, but sometimes use
prepositions as at home. ;-)
Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2025
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