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Abil Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

in exchange of/for

If this land is turned into a coalmine, those who eat in exchange of daily wages, where will they go? Where will we live? How will we survive?

Please give your comment on the highlighted part of the sentence. Can we replace "in exchange for" with "inexchange of"? Thanks.
  

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Hi, If this land is turned into a coalmine, those who eat in exchange of daily wages, where will they go? Where will we live? How will we survive?

— Clive

  • Hi, If this land is turned into a coalmine, those who eat in exchange of daily wages, where will they go?
  • Where will we live?
  • How will we survive?
  • Please give your comment on the highlighted part of the sentence.
  • Can we replace "in exchange for " with "inexchange of "?
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Hi,
If this land is turned into a coalmine, those who eat in exchange of daily wages, where will they go? Where will we live? How will we survive?

Please give your comment on the highlighted part of the sentence. Can we replace "in exchange for" with "inexchange of"?
No, you can't. It's not idiomatic.

You could say something like 'They made an exchan
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CliveWithout a context, your original sentence sounds a little odd in meaning to me. I wonder if the idea is 'they get their food in exchange for daily work'?

Yes. But I fail to understand why you considered "unidiomatic" the replacement of "in exchange of" with "in exchange for, although you have written
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Hi,
'Exchange' is both a verb and a noun.
Here are some ways you can use the word naturally.

As a verb
Tom and Mary exchanged gifts.
Tom exchanged his broken computer (for a new one).

As a noun
Tom and Mary made an exchange of gifts.
Tom got $2000 in exchange for his computer.

Best wishes, Clive
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