[Ads-l] The end is near: "substitute for" replaces "replace with"

[James A. Landau]

On Thu, 12 May 2016 17:57:36 Zone-0400 the ubiquitous Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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"gluten-free-certified Cajun sauce" or the more-likely-to-occur "gluten
free certified Cajun sauce," with hyphenation left as an exercise for 
the reader
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Ingenious, but as it happens not correct.  The original was a recorded announcement on the supermarket's PA system.  The speaker had a slight pause before "certified", showing that he interpreted his script as saying "gluten-free, certified Cajun sauce".

- James A. Landau

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