Substitute

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves]

Has anyone else noticed that people sometimes get this the wrong way round?

E.g. 'She made a lovely pizza but I am a coeliac so I substituted it for a piece of cheese instead.'

What the person means to say is 'I had a piece of cheese instead' or 'I substituted cheese for pizza'.

For some reason I've seen this far more with the verb than the noun. If you say 'I got x as a substitute for y' I don't think people get that the wrong way round nearly as much.

[treaclesoda]

Yes, I've noticed that too.

I think it's similar to when people say 'I borrowed her my coat' when they mean 'she borrowed my coat'.