| Not one to shy from grammatic pedantry, having almost won a spelling bee once: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/substitute “3) (transitive) In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y as in
‘I had to substitute old parts with the new ones.’ (This usage was formerly proscribed.)“ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/substitute “Traditionally, the verb substitute is followed by for and means ‘put someone or something in place of another’, as in she substituted the fake vase for the real one. From the late 17th century substitute has also been used to mean ‘replace someone or something with something else’, as in she substituted the real vase with the fake one. This can be confusing, since the two sentences shown above mean the same thing, yet the object of the verb and the object of the preposition have swapped positions. Despite the potential confusion, the second, newer use is well established, especially in some scientific contexts and in sport (the top scorer was substituted with almost half an hour still to play), and is now generally regarded as part of normal standard English.” Who are we to argue with the Oxford English Dictionary? You can take it up with them. lol Have a nice day :) (I will say that the “sport” example is bad- the player is not being substituted with the time!) |