Timeline for Substitute X for Y
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| Mar 26, 2023 at 10:32 | comment | added | Dustin G | "...for it" in your example is implied, but not necessary, as it is clear from the preceding sentence what the parma ham would replace. | |
| May 4, 2019 at 6:17 | comment | added | Rosie F | @mplungjan If you wanted to be more explicit like that, and use the verb "substitute", the way to say it is "She decided to substitute parma ham for it". | |
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| Jul 16, 2012 at 23:02 | vote | accept | Arlen Beiler | ||
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| Jul 15, 2012 at 16:45 | comment | added | John Lawler |
Yes. The two verbs have complementary syntax. One replaces Old with New, but substitutes New for Old. Rather like one buys Commodity for $$ vs pays $$ for Commodity. The prepositions vary all over the lot, of course; but then they always do.
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| Jul 15, 2012 at 9:06 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | @mplungjan: With is strictly speaking also a contamination with replace. As to substitute without for, you can see a few examples from books here: google.com/… | |
| Jul 15, 2012 at 8:48 | comment | added | mplungjan |
That does not ring true in my easy - I strongly miss it for or it with parma ham in the second part... Am I correct or just non-native ;)
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| Jul 15, 2012 at 2:30 | history | answered | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |