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[–] [S] 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"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

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Interesting 🤔

    I guess that makes sense because if I were paying for beans with meat, that means I’m trading meat for beans but “trading for” means the other way so I’m still kinda confused 😵‍💫

    I’ll trade you my English skills for a sac of beans 🫘

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I refuse to accept this. The title is wrong.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago*

    I agree with you. I don’t know about “wrong” but the title is ambiguous. A post on stackexchange does not make something a rule, though there may be conventions for this with some people or in some regions that are strong enough to convince some people that there is one.

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