"substitute by" = "replace with"

[Mark A. Mandel]

Jonathan Lighter notes:
>>>>
 Here's a Ph.D.-level ex. of this usage :

  1982 Allan Rodway _The Craft of Criticism_ (Cambridge: C.U.P.) 70 : But
the revision seems to substitute one kind of flaw by another.

  OED uncharacteristically goes out of its way to call a related
construction "incorrect," not once but twice (_substitute_, v., 4a, 4b).
But none of its exx. are quite as odd as the above.
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A shameless self-quote:

Next we'll drop in on a woman I know
Whose data was wrecked, a day's work at one blow.
A technical writer bears part of the blame
Who thought "substiTUTE" and "replace" mean the same.

    Twelve thousand, half million, million and more,
    Misplaced apostrophe's, commas, galore,
    Spelling misteaks run-on sentences too --
    Let's hope it won't happen to me or to you.

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