When writing, the words substitute and the words substitute are two words that are pronounced almost the same way, the bad thing is that often only one of those words is incorrect.
In the case of the words replace and replace, it could not be otherwise, since the mispronunciation of one of the words causes them to be confused very often, therefore, it is very common for them to be confused very often.
What also happens is that many words have been derived from the English language, which has a very similar meaning to that of Spanish but also has words with small differences from each other.
In the end, a language evolves and accepts new words into it, which creates even more confusion about whether a word is correct or not, making us even more confused when writing those words that seem to be pronounced the same.
If this is your case and you don’t know very well how to write substitute or substitute and you want to learn the correct way to do it, you are in the right place, we are going to teach you step by step. I pass how these two words are written.
What do you need to write substitute or substitute?
- Some linguistic understanding.
Instructions to write replace or substitute
- Substitute: The word substitute is a well-known word in the Spanish language, surely you have seen it used in many sentences such as “I am going to replace this element with another”, “this player is going to be replaced by another”. The word substitute actually means to replace, since they are synonymous words. This word is obviously accepted in the Spanish royal academy as a correct way of writing the word, so if you use the word substitute, you should never worry, since without any doubt, you are using the correct word. However, the word substitute has something to say in this matter as well, so let’s see what it has to offer us.
- Substitute: Once it has been clarified that the word substitute is accepted in the real academy of the language and that it can be used correctly. The word replace sounds pretty bad at first glance, since it seems like a vague way of writing the word substitute, however, when we type it in a word processor, surprisingly it doesn’t show up in red as a missing word. This is because the word replace has been accepted in the real academy of the Spanish language as one more way of writing the word replace, being words that mean exactly the same thing. So really both forms are correct and are accepted in the real Spanish academy. It is not really known why it is accepted, but I think it may be due to the fact that many people pronounce the b before the s, as a variant of Spanish in some regions, therefore, it has had to end up accepting its use.
- Substitute and substitute, which one to use: Now that we know that both words are correct, accepted by the Spanish Royal Academy and that both can be used, it is time to find out which of the two is the more correct word. Substitute and replace mean the same thing, however writing replace sounds much better to me and in a social circle of educated people, the word replace will always be much more accepted than the word replace, therefore, I would always use replace. However, both words are accepted in the real academy and both can be used correctly, so really if you use substitute, not much will happen either, although really the original Spanish word and the oldest one will always be substitute, the other is caused due to a pronunciation error that has had to be accepted.
Tips for writing replace or substitute
- Learn to write other words: In this education section we are not only going to teach you how to write words like substitute or substitute, but you will be able to quench all your thirst for culture by looking at how other words are written. For example, you will learn to write “support or apollo”, “two hundred or two hundred.”
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