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Old 2008 December 11th, 12:58 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by upal201 View Post
Here is my two cents

Instead - (Adverb) - alternative, substitute
Ex- We ordered tea but we were served coffee instead
Instead of – (Prepositional phrase) – in lieu of
Ex- We were served coffee instead of tea
My observation
Instead requires the structure of compound sentence
Instead of requires the structure of simple sentence

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upal
Hi

thanks but aint still not very clear, could you put more samples and easier samples? I dont see any difference between We were served coffee instead of tea and We ordered tea but we were served coffee
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