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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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There's really no substitute for face-to-face social interaction.

There's really no substitute for face-to-face social interaction.
There's really no substituting for face-to-face social interaction.

Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same? Thanks.
  

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The first one sounds much, much more natural to me.

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  • The first one sounds much, much more natural to me.
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The first one sounds much, much more natural to me.
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AngliholicThere's really no substitute for face-to-face social interaction.
There's really no substituting for face-to-face social interaction.

Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same? Thanks.
To me, there is no need to replace 'substituting' with 'substitute'.
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