Apples or pears?

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Casi

#73871 Mon, 14 Feb 05 02:05 PM

Consider the request in A., and answer the question in B.

A. We want to substitute apples for pears.
B. After the substitution takes place, which do you have, apples or pears?

Note, Both answers are acceptable, so please don't pine over the question. I'm not looking for the answer; I'm investigating semantic anology, so it's important to me that you base your choice on your intuition, be it native or non-native. Thanx

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julielai

#73933 Mon, 14 Feb 05 06:17 PM

pears

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MrPedantic

#73965 Mon, 14 Feb 05 11:01 PM

apples

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CalifJim

#74008 Tue, 15 Feb 05 03:49 AM

apples

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David

#74050 Tue, 15 Feb 05 08:03 AM

Apples

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#74053 Tue, 15 Feb 05 08:32 AM

Apples

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Henrietta

#74061 Tue, 15 Feb 05 09:29 AM

Apples

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Casi

#74076 Tue, 15 Feb 05 10:49 AM

Thank you for your speedy replies!

Julie, as I mentioned, both answers are acceptable, so please don't feel singled out here, but since "apples" was what the majority on this forum chose, I'd like to ask you why you chose "pears", or rather if you could explain to me how you read:

"We want to substitute apples for pears."

Looking forward to your reply.
-Cas

Casi

julielai

#74129 Tue, 15 Feb 05 02:36 PM

Oh no, I have to justify my answer???:-$:-$

It's time for me to play "Ambush in Ten Sides" (Chinese Music)

Huh? [:^)]

julielai

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