"bring Route 40"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Aug 28, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Marc Velasco
> <marcjvelasco at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I wonder if this is a wholesale replacement of take for bring,
>
> To branch off to a different topic:
>
> Do you normally use "replace X for Y", meaning 'use Y instead of using
> X'? I had to consciously analyze that phrase; I would have said either
> - "replacement of take BY bring" (diff. prep.)
> or
> - "SUBSTITUTION of bring for take" (diff. root verb and argument
> ranking)
>
> We've discussed this topic quite a bit, but I don't recall if this
> particular combination has come up, with or without nominalization.

hmm... "replace OLD for NEW" instead of "replace OLD by/with NEW".
we've had lots of discussion of "substitute", but not, i think, for
"replace".

i'll pass this on to David Denison.

arnold

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