Substitute is commonly followed by for when one thing replaces another. With is also used in some contexts, especially in passive-style instructions.
Use substitute for to mean replace one thing with another. Use substitute with mainly when describing what is used as the replacement. By, in, and at are usually not standard complements after substitute.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
This pattern means A takes the place of B.
With introduces the thing used as a replacement, especially in instructions or passive wording.
A person or thing can substitute for someone or something else.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
English normally uses for or with after substitute.
✕ We substituted sugar by honey. ✓ We substituted sugar with honey.In substitute A for B, A is the replacement.
✕ She substituted butter for margarine when she wanted butter removed. ✓ She substituted margarine for butter.In may be part of a phrasal use such as substitute in a player, not a general preposition after substitute.
✓ The manager substituted in two defenders late in the game.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes, it is the most common and widely accepted pattern for replacement.
Yes. It is common when the replacement item follows with, especially in technical or instructional writing.
It is generally considered nonstandard after substitute in modern English.
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