WANTED PC in good condition

Why the a is dropped is the more the number of words, the higher the advertisement tariff.

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Lawrence, what do you make of the following sentence and the phrase ‘in quite a good condition’ in particular?

Germany’s labour market was in quite a good condition in autumn 2018.

Perhaps, it is a comparative statement in which you conceive of the respective condition prevailing in different seasons.

It may be akin to “the water in this bottle looks better than the water in that bottle” though we usually do not use an article with water. (The water in this bottle is a better one)

PS. It looks as though the concept of usage is contextually personal.

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I used the bold font for the confirmation of thanking you ,sir. The discussion was very interesting.

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Ha ha ha …It is a very nice song Although I do not understand it by listening . I used the translator.

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Many thanks, Sir Anglophile.

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What we don’t need however is spam.

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Just leave your résumé and a photograph and we’ll get back at you.

I’m getting sick and tired of this. Wanted SPAMMERS I read in this morning’s newspaper. The editor of the night desk even gave it a banner headline.

Go and play somewhere else. Catch a mouse or something.

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