on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)

[Dan Goncharoff]

Clear but not transparent? A distinction I cannot as yet fathom.
DanG



On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

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> Reminds me; the original from Cris Carter was actually "When you substitute him", not "if".  Same difference as they say (but I usually don't).  For me, these are not at all transparent; I only process them as "If/When you substitute him (for someone else)", not "If/When you substitute (someone else for) him", although clearly it's the latter that was intended.
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> LH
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