The Picard Maneuvercake to [email protected] • 1 year agoI can't believe it tastes differentlemmy.worldimagemessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up11.06K
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year ago“Substitute X for Y” means “replace Y with X,” i.e., “for Y, use X instead.” “Substitute X with Y” would mean “replace X with Y.”
minus-squareladlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoNow, you’re going to just brag around with that knowledge of yours, and teach everyone how to write things so that things are correctly understood by the reader? That’s a helpful goal, go on, please
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI’ve heard it both ways. (The above is 50% sincere and 50% a Psych reference.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoYes, people sometimes say things incorrectly, like the commenter I originally replied to.
“Substitute X for Y” means “replace Y with X,” i.e., “for Y, use X instead.”
“Substitute X with Y” would mean “replace X with Y.”
Now, you’re going to just brag around with that knowledge of yours, and teach everyone how to write things so that things are correctly understood by the reader?
That’s a helpful goal, go on, please
I’ve heard it both ways.
(The above is 50% sincere and 50% a Psych reference.)
Yes, people sometimes say things incorrectly, like the commenter I originally replied to.