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ADS-L Digest - 7 Apr 1998 to 8 Apr 1998 98-04-09 00:01:34
There are 3 messages totalling 126 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

1. more on non-negative "un" (2)
2. freshman composition--again

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 11:12:17 -0500
From: Mark Mandel
Subject: Re: more on non-negative "un"

Duane Campbell writes:
>>>

Not exactly the same, but close - "hot water heater" for what is in fact a cold
water heater.
<<<

It's a heater, whose purpose is to provide hot water, as a tea( )kettle's
purpose is to provide (the necessary hot water
for) tea. Both are named for the goal, not the raw material.

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