on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Mar 4 16:01:56 UTC 2013


At 3/4/2013 10:44 AM, you wrote:
>http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/two-remarks-on-reversals/
>
>i won't be posting on the topic again, since i have nothing new to add.

Arnold, I assume therefore you haven't yet encountered any
unfortunately ambiguous cases of reversed substitute in doctors'
orders or prescriptions?  Perhaps we should continue to look.

Joel

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