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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-3•4 months agoHow would using lard instead of coconut oil make something vegan?
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoI meant the other way. Substitute out lard and substitute in coconut oil.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•4 months 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•4 months 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•4 months agoI’ve heard it both ways. (The above is 50% sincere and 50% a Psych reference.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months agoYes, people sometimes say things incorrectly, like the commenter I originally replied to.
How would using lard instead of coconut oil make something vegan?
I meant the other way. Substitute out lard and substitute in coconut oil.
“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.