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Please consider the following sentence taken from the online edition of Oxford Dictionary:

Butter can be substituted with margarine in this recipe.

My questions are these:

1) Do you find the above sentence correct?

2) If so, what does it mean? Does it mean that I prefer margarine to butter in that recipe or the other way around?

3) In your own words, how would you express this concept?

Thank you.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

teal limeButter can be substituted with margarine in this recipe. ...
1) Do you find the above sentence correct?

Yes. To my ear it's "borderline correct". I'd have said "substituted for margarine".

teal lime2) If so, what does it mean? Does it mean that I prefer margarine to butter in that recipe or the other way around?

What you prefer has nothing to do with it. If you are making the recipe you can use margarine instead of butter if you want to for any reason, for example, your doctor told you you mustn't eat butter, or you don't have any butter at the time but you have margarine and you want to make the recipe.

teal lime3) In your own words, how would you express this concept?

In this recipe you can use margarine instead of butter.

CJ

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