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   I wrote:   
      
   AS> This usage needs no excuse, being perfectly correct.  Here a   
   AS> combination of a preposition and a noun in the objective   
   AS> case acts as a unified proposition, cf. /on top of/, /in   
   AS> place of/, &c.  Observe also the title of a Dunany short   
   AS> story, /Thirteen at table/, where /at table/ is singe united   
   AS> prpposition.   
       ^^^^^^^^^^^ -- preposition   
      
   Consider also: /jump ship/, /close shop/, /find fault (with)/,   
   /change color (of the face)/, &c.  These are verbs merged with   
   following nouns in the objective case.  The absence of an   
   article reflects this merging.   
      
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