The phrase "substitute for me" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when asking someone to take your place or perform a task on your behalf.
Example: "I have a family emergency and need you to substitute for me at the meeting."
Alternatives: "fill in for me" or "take my place."
I can't imagine school as having been a satisfying substitute for me.
The article ends with Fidel explaining why Raúl should succeed him: "I choose him not because he is my brother, because the whole world knows how much we hate nepotism, but because on my honor I consider him to have sufficient qualities to substitute for me tomorrow in case I die in this struggle".
We confirmed the move with Hansjee who told us, "Yes I have joined as an advisor and it's public as long as they don't think this is a substitute for me raising my fund…".
Perhaps it's my years in the classroom, but I've always shied away from candidates who would probably be unable to substitute for me on a sick-day.
Only this time, let's substitute for me, I, and my: 'us, we, and our.' What can we do, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and even anarchists, for OUR country?
A caged phosphite ligand (i.e., 2,6,7-trioxa-1-phosphabicyclo[2.2.2] octane (L2)) is substituted for (BINOL PN(Me)Ph (L1), the chiral ligand used in experimental studies, and pinacolborane (pinBH, 6) is used in place of the unsymmetrical borane (tmdBH, 7) found to be preferable in the experimental work.
This was noticed by the Andy Warhol crowd, who joked that he substituted Berry for me".
"My addiction made me do it" is the modern equivalent and substitute for "the devil made me do it".
"I deeply regret the circumstances that have made it necessary for me to substitute for Dominique Strauss-Kahn," he said.
The best neutral substitute for "chap" seemed to me to be "sort", but I worried that this word lowered the temperature of the phrase.
Hugging your computer while your boyfriend's pixilated face is frozen on Skype is no substitute for self-esteem, let me tell you!
