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minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago“for” usually means the first thing is replacing the second. If it said “with” than it’d go the other way https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/23360/substitute-x-for-y
minus-squareCheesyFingers@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWhat i gathered from your link is that there is no clear answer and that the previous word is what decides the order. In this case we have “swap” which someone says:
Meat for beans*
“for” usually means the first thing is replacing the second. If it said “with” than it’d go the other way
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/23360/substitute-x-for-y
What i gathered from your link is that there is no clear answer and that the previous word is what decides the order.
In this case we have “swap” which someone says: