Date:    Wed, 8 Apr 1998 13:44:25 -0400
<br>From:    Larry Horn <laurence.horn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: more on non-negative "un"
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<br>At 11:12 AM -0500 4/8/98, Mark Mandel wrote:
<br>>Duane Campbell <dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EPIX.NET> writes:
<br>> >>>
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<br>>Not exactly the same, but close -  "hot water heater" for what is in fact
<br>>a cold
<br>> <<<
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<br>>It's a heater, whose purpose is to provide hot water, as a tea( )kettle's
<br>>purpos
<br>>for) tea. Both are named for the goal, not the raw material.
<br>>
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<br>Or, alternatively, a hot water heater does indeed heat cold water but it
<br>also heats water hot.
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<br>Larry
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