Dayton was substituted for Williams in the second half of the game.
The following sentence is taken from the Cambridge Dictionary:
Dayton was substituted for Williams in the second half of the game.
What does it mean?
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teal limeDayton was substituted for Williams in the second half of the game. What does it mean?
Williams was playing. Williams was taken out and Dayton was put in. After the substitution, Dayton was playing and not Williams.
Another way to say it: They substituted Dayton for Williams.
CJ
0No, in the context of football, it means Dayton was playing, and Williams then replaced him in the second half.
At least that is how English speakers use it outside of North America (where, in soccer contexts, you'll see "subbed off" or "subbed in" to avoid confusion).
But Google "was substituted for" + football and try to find one result where the meaning of "X was substitu
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