notletrest
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- May 3, 2010
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- Chinese
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- China
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[FONT=宋]The following are copied from dictionaries by me.I doubt even an Englishman of good education can use the indefinite article correctly in them, because it is too complecated and without any hint.But I hope to find it out.Why it there the article in each phrase or not?[/FONT]
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[FONT=宋]At full gallop, at a gallop , [/FONT][FONT=宋]At (a)high /full speed [/FONT][FONT=宋]At breakneck pace/speed ,[/FONT][FONT=宋] At full speed, at /with lightening speed, with all speed [/FONT][FONT=宋]With great speed, with incredible speed,[/FONT][FONT=宋] at (an ) ordinary speed, at a reasonable speed, at low speed, at top speed [/FONT][FONT=宋] [/FONT][FONT=宋]With breathless speed, with all convenient speed, with a maximum speed, with a mean speed ., with all possible speed, with a top speed of [/FONT][FONT=宋]…[/FONT][FONT=宋], with vertiginous speed with lightning speed, with the speed of a whirlwind , [/FONT][FONT=宋]With all speed,[/FONT]
[FONT=宋]Under full speed, under an average hourly speed, [/FONT]
[FONT=宋]At excess speed, [/FONT][FONT=宋]At a speed of =at the speed of , At devil-defying speed, at an exhilarating speed, at express speed, ( at )full speed, at a furious speed, at a giddy speed, at a good speed, at the greatest speed, at a headlong speed, at a high speed, at lower speed, at maximum speed, at moderate speed, at a reckless speed, , at reduced speed at a terrific speed, at top speed, at tremendous speed, at utmost speed, [/FONT][FONT=宋] [/FONT]
[FONT=宋]At an extraordinary pace, at an accelerate pace at a snail[/FONT][FONT=宋]’[/FONT][FONT=宋]s pace, at a slow pace, with slacked pace [/FONT]
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[FONT=宋]Thanks a lot![/FONT]