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They replaced gold with paper money.

They substituted gold with paper money

We replace one thing with another, but we substitute one thing for another. The two phrases mean the reverse of each other: You replace gold with paper money. You substitute paper money for gold.

The river has flowed over its banks.

The river has flown over its banks.

Flown is the past participle of fly, the past participle of flow (= to move as water) is flowed. The principal parts of the two verbs are: fly, flew, flown - flow, flowed, flowed.

Flee, fled, fled is formal but we still use it to mean to run away. We flee from danger. Float, floated, floated means to stay on the surface of water or other liquid: Ships float on the water.

This book deals in common errors.

This book deals with common errors.

A bookseller deals with books.

A bookseller deals in books.

To deaf with means to have to do with, to deal in means to buy and sell

To deal with also means to take action on a matter: The headmaster will deal with that question.

I pleased him to do me a favour.

I asked him to do me a favour.

Also possible:

I thanked him for his lovely present.

To please means to give pleasure to: I worked hard to please my teacher.

The ship sank in the ocean

The ship drowned in the ocean.

To be drowned refers to living things, and means to die in water, to sink refers to people or things, and means to go down to the bottom of wate

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