Timeline for Does "swap A for B" imply a direction?
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| Feb 9, 2022 at 22:09 | vote | accept | peter | ||
| Nov 26, 2020 at 16:35 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 26, 2020 at 14:14 | answer | added | Edwin Ashworth | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 13:01 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Obviously related: substitute x for y | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:56 | comment | added | peter | thanks, changed. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:55 | history | edited | peter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:46 | comment | added | Patrick D | I don't think "... CDs and DVDs both" is right. I think you should say "... both CDs and DVDs". | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:42 | comment | added | peter | here merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swap i think it says when used with "for" it means "give A for B", which indeed clears up my question. sorry for bothering you and for not having the idea to look there. i had googled "swap direction" and such which didnt turn up anything. maybe in the future it will now. ;-) | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:39 | comment | added | Patrick D | I'd rather write: You shouldn't have both CDs and DVDs. Please swap CDs for DVDs or DVDs for CDs. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:38 | comment | added | peter | it did not become clear to me from this: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swap | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:29 | comment | added | rajah9 | Could you add a dictionary definition, please? The basic definition might have your answer. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:19 | comment | added | peter | indeed, but my example sentence is bad. i need to fix it. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:17 | history | edited | peter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:15 | comment | added | rajah9 | Yes, if you swapped all CDs for DVDs, then you would have no CDs and only DVDs. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:12 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 26, 2020 at 12:11 | history | asked | peter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |