on reversed "substitute" (intransitive version)
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Mar 4 16:01:56 UTC 2013
At 3/4/2013 10:44 AM, you wrote:
>http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/two-remarks-on-reversals/
>
>i won't be posting on the topic again, since i have nothing new to add.
Arnold, I assume therefore you haven't yet encountered any
unfortunately ambiguous cases of reversed substitute in doctors'
orders or prescriptions? Perhaps we should continue to look.
Joel
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