on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Aug 27 14:51:06 UTC 2011


At 8/26/2011 09:37 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>both lexical frames allow "The Colts substituted Manning", it's just
>a question of whether Manning has just run onto the field (my
>dialect) or off it (Carter's).

Part of my previous comment was just that I've heard (I think)
Carter's dialect in soccer broadcasts.

Joel

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