substitute for = replace with

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Mar 12, 2005, at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Here's another example of this usage, which I continue to find curious.
>
> Karen Spears Zacharias, the author of "Hero Mama" (N.Y.: Morrow,
> 2004), is in her mid-40s and grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee.  During
> an appearance at The New School for Social Research on Jan. 26, she
> said the following about her mother:
>
> "She made bad decisions....She substituted intimacy for sex."
>
> Zacharias "meant" just the opposite.

well, yes.  a nice example of reversed "substitute" (in denison's
terms) from the u.s.  with "with" or "by" it would have been much less
exciting.

arnold