Comment on Ah, Beans

Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “swap beans for meat” is a valid way to say “beans instead of meat”

  english.stackexchange.com/…/substitute-x-for-y

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  • stickyprimer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Please stop posting this as an authority saying it’s valid. It’s an internet discussion with a robust debate about whether it’s valid or ambiguous, which means it’s ambiguous.

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  • toxicbubble@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    as a linguistics graduate, that doesn’t make sense

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  • marmotini_enjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Unless you’re in a restaurant, where they live in opposite land for some reason

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