backwards "substitute" (again)

[Jonathan Lighter]

They've fallen a long way.

JL

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:54 AM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:

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> Ah, I see the problem: substitute with/by is "chiefly British," it says
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> at MW. My bad. I should have known that.
> DAD
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> Subject:      Re: backwards "substitute" (again)
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> "Substitute them with" sounds almost equally barbaric. By that I mean
> gibberishy. I'm not kidding.
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> JL
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> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:39 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com>
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> > > "...substitute them WITH other high-fiber foods" would be fine, no?
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> > IMO, not even close.
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> > Of course, I'm working from a non-standard grammar. So,
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> > Ineverknow.
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