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   Hi, All!   
      
   In the translation of Jules Verne's "The Voyages and Adventures of Captain   
   Hatteras" (project Gutenberg) there are these "table" sentences:   
      
   -----Beginning of the citation-----   
   Hatteras unfolded on the table one of the excellent charts published   
   in 1859 by the order of the Admiralty.   
      
   ..."Here is the chart of the Polar Seas," resumed the doctor, who had   
   brought it to the table;   
      
      
   ... Johnson and Bell had a good supper awaiting them.   
   But before they sat down to table, the doctor said in a voice of   
   triumph, as he pointed to his two companions,--   
   ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
   Can you say a formal excuse why "table" in the last sentence is used without   
   any article?   
      
   Bye, All!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
      
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