box set

[Lynne Murphy]

--On Wednesday, January 30, 2002 6:21 pm +0000 Douglas Bigham
<TlhovwI at AOL.COM> wrote:

> Maybe it has nothing to do with re-analyzing the words.  For example, with
> "box set", you buy a set of CD's that come in a box... a "box set".

But to me, 'box set' would mean 'a set of boxes'.  I'd have to go through
the 'boxed set' stage to get to that 'in' meaning.

Lynne



Dr M Lynne Murphy
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