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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> proposition.   
      
   All of   
      at work   
      at school   
      online/offline   
      offroad   
      on air   
      out of band signal (of exceptions)   
   are instances of this phenomenon.   
      
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