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Replaced by/with
Is "replaced by/with" the same sort of choice as "different from/to"?
I tend to default to "replaced by" (I think), but at the moment both of them sound slightly wrong.
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
I tend to default to "replaced by" (I think), but at the moment both of them sound slightly wrong.
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
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on 31 Oct 2003: [nq:1]Is "replaced by/with" the same sort of choice as "different from/to"? [/nq] They both sound fine to me. I'd tend to use "by" for sentences like "John was replaced by Mary" and "I replaced the Compaq with an IBM ThinkPad".
- on 31 Oct 2003: [nq:1]Is "replaced by/with" the same sort of choice as "different from/to"?
- [/nq] They both sound fine to me.
- I'd tend to use "by" for sentences like "John was replaced by Mary" and "I replaced the Compaq with an IBM ThinkPad".
- From these two examples, it seems that one works better with the passive and the other with the active, but others may have different opininons.
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on 31 Oct 2003:
[nq:1]Is "replaced by/with" the same sort of choice as "different from/to"? I tend to default to "replaced by" (I think), but at the moment both of them sound slightly wrong.[/nq]
They both sound fine to me. I'd tend to use "by" for sentences like "John was replaced by Mary" and "I replaced the Compaq with an IBM ThinkPad". From these two examples, it seems that one works b
[nq:1]Is "replaced by/with" the same sort of choice as "different from/to"? I tend to default to "replaced by" (I think), but at the moment both of them sound slightly wrong.[/nq]
They both sound fine to me. I'd tend to use "by" for sentences like "John was replaced by Mary" and "I replaced the Compaq with an IBM ThinkPad". From these two examples, it seems that one works b
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[nq:1]Is "replaced by/with" the same sort of choice as "different from/to"? I tend to default to "replaced by" (I think), ... Cheers, Harvey Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years; Southern England for the past 21 years. (for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)[/nq]
I'd say that something was replaced by the person/thing doing the replacing and replaced with the replacement, so "the battery was repl
I'd say that something was replaced by the person/thing doing the replacing and replaced with the replacement, so "the battery was repl
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[nq:2]Is "replaced by/with" the same sort of choice as "different ... but at the moment both of them sound slightly wrong.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd say that something was replaced by the person/thing doing the replacing and replaced with the replacement, so "the battery was replaced by the technician" but "the battery was replaced with a new one".[/nq]
I like this distinction, but I'm still not enti
[nq:1]I'd say that something was replaced by the person/thing doing the replacing and replaced with the replacement, so "the battery was replaced by the technician" but "the battery was replaced with a new one".[/nq]
I like this distinction, but I'm still not enti
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[nq:1]They both sound fine to me. I'd tend to use "by" for sentences like "John was replaced by Mary" and ... seems that one works better with the passive and the other with the active, but others may have different opininons.[/nq]
I agree. What the light of pure reason reveals to me is that the right constructions for the sense "take the place of" are
John replaces Mary.
Mary is
I agree. What the light of pure reason reveals to me is that the right constructions for the sense "take the place of" are
John replaces Mary.
Mary is
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on 01 Nov 2003:
[nq:2]They both sound fine to me. I'd tend to use ... other with the active, but others may have different opininons.[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree. What the light of pure reason reveals to me is that the right constructions for the sense "take ... print, and I suspect the distinction is a lost cause, tho I continue to keep it up in my editing.[/nq]
Me too. It's great to know that
[nq:2]They both sound fine to me. I'd tend to use ... other with the active, but others may have different opininons.[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree. What the light of pure reason reveals to me is that the right constructions for the sense "take ... print, and I suspect the distinction is a lost cause, tho I continue to keep it up in my editing.[/nq]
Me too. It's great to know that
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[nq:1]On 31 Oct 2003, Peter Tilman wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]I'd say that something was replaced by the person/thing doing ... technician" but "the battery was replaced with a new one".[/nq]
[nq:1]I like this distinction, but I'm still not entirely sure. The difficulty arose when describing a building which "was replaced ... somehow. (I should probably try recasting the sentence, but consistently a
[nq:2]I'd say that something was replaced by the person/thing doing ... technician" but "the battery was replaced with a new one".[/nq]
[nq:1]I like this distinction, but I'm still not entirely sure. The difficulty arose when describing a building which "was replaced ... somehow. (I should probably try recasting the sentence, but consistently a
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