Substitute with/for

"That" can also be used as a substitute with a noncount noun, where "the one" could not be used:

The victim's own blood was of a different blood group from that [ = the blood] found on the floor. （CGEL by Quirk et al)

Is there any reason why the author used with instead of for, because I always read "substitute for" something?

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@Robby zhu posted:
"That" can also be used as a substitute with a noncount noun, where "the one" could not be used: . . .

Is there any reason why the author used with instead of for, because I always read "substitute for" something?

Hello, Robby zhu—"With" is not collocating with "substitute" in the sentence in question. The "with"-phrase modifies "used," just as the "as"-phrase does. The modifying prepositional-phrase adjuncts can be used in either order:

It can be used as a substitute with a noncount noun.
It can be used with a noncount noun as a substitute.

1/7/2112:18 AM

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Robby zhuMember

Thanks. I get it.

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