01-01-2007, 7:25 PM
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Originally Posted by bobfried
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The point is that you can't take "something in lieu" of if there wasn't anything there to begin with. It's like the principle of substitution; I can't substitute something when there wasn't anything to begin with.
A person buys a dozen eggs form a farmer, the farmer is unable to deliver so he offers the chicken “in lieu of” the dozen eggs. But if you didn’t buy anything, than there would be nothing there to substitute anything for.
Can you substitute a chicken for something that wasn't there to begin with? You could try but any sane person would scratch their head and walk away from you pondering what this crazy person holding the chicken is talking about.
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That's about as succinct as it gets, bobfried.
I couldn't have put it any better myself!
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