"confuse for"

[Benjamin Barrett]

Sign of the apocalypse (http://www.acronymfinder.com/SOTA.html)?

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Jan 4, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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>> Doesn't sound particularly odd to me.
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> SOTA!
>
> JL
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
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>> Subject:      Re: "confuse for"
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>> "Confused it for" gets 3.2 raw Googits. Not all are relevant ("I must have
>> confused it for years with milkwort") but many are. Doesn't sound
>> particularly odd to me.
>>
>> Benjamin Barrett
>> Seattle, WA
>>
>> On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
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>>> From a journalistic website:
>>>
>>> http://www.livescience.com/11341-good-food-bad.html :
>>>
>>> "What a pity that most Americans have never eaten pizza and confuse it
>> for
>>> the junk food advertised on television. In Italy there are laws defining
>>> pizza."
>>>
>>> With > for?  Or mistake > confuse?  Or both?

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