Can I use 'in place of' instead of 'rather than' in the following sentence?

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Hi teachers,Can I use 'in place of' instead of 'rather than' in the following sentence?a) If you stand up, you change your position so that you are standing rather than sitting or lying.b) If you stand up, you change your position so that you are standing in place of sitting or lying.Thanks in advance.

Canadian45 · Accepted Answer

Thinking SpainHi teachers,Can I use 'in place of' instead of 'rather than' in the following sentence? No, that would sound very odd. But the sentences below are odd too. It's an odd thing to say, and they are too long. (Although I realize you may have a teaching reason to write such a sentence.)

a) When you stand up, you change your position to standing from sitting or lying .

CalifJim · Answer

Thinking Spainso that you are standing in place of sitting or lying

I'd say "instead of", not "in place of".

CJ

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi canadian45,
Thank you very much for your comments and help.

this is the sentence:
Baxter stood up as soon as he heard Coke’s name.
These were the posibilities to explained the underlined phrasal verb:
a) If you stand up, you change your position so that you are lying rather than sitting.
b) If you stand up, you change your position so that you are sitting rather than lying.
c) If you stand up, you change your position so that you are standing rather than sitting or lying.

These are the ones after your explanation:
a) When you stand up, you change your position to lying from standing or sitting.
b) When you stand up, you change your position to sitting from standing or lying.
c) When you stand up, you change your position to standing from sitting or lying.

TS

Tenacious Learner · Answer

CalifJimI'd say "instead of", not "in place of".

Hi Jim,

Thank you for your reply. How about my new ones?

TS

CalifJim · Answer

Thinking SpainHow about my new ones?

a) When you stand up, you change your position to lying from standing or sitting.
b) When you stand up, you change your position to sitting from standing or lying.
c) When you stand up, you change your position to standing from sitting or lying.

I'd reverse phrases thus:

a) When you stand up, you change your position from standing or sitting to lying.
b) When you stand up, you change your position from standing or lying to sitting.
c) When you stand up, you change your position from sitting or lying to standing.

Seems like a throw-away question to me. I doubt it will separate the men from the boys.

You didn't include "kneeling"! The fact is, the body posture before the motion of standing up is completely irrelevant.

CJ

Tenacious Learner · Answer

CalifJimSeems like a throw-away question to me. I doubt it will separate the men from the boys.
You didn't include "kneeling"! The fact is, the body posture before the motion of standing up is completely irrelevant.

Hi Jim,
Thank you for your help. Then, what will be a good one with the three different posibilities having the right one in them?
I thought it was a good idea. After what you wrote, I almost knelt down to say I'm sorry.

TS

CalifJim · Answer

Thinking Spainwhat will be a good one with the three different possibilities having the right one in them?

You know your students better than I do! Because of that, I think that if I wrote the multiple-choice question, it would not be appropriate for use in your class.

You don't have to throw out the question just because it's easy to answer. I think you need a combination of easy and hard questions. The easy questions help to build students' confidence, even though they don't tell you much about how well one student is doing compared to another because all the students will get them right. The hard questions that no student can answer are equally bad because all the students will get them wrong. The trick is to make questions that good students can answer correctly and poor students cannot. At least that's what the experts claim.

Thinking SpainI almost knelt down to say I'm sorry.

I don't understand why. There's no need to feel sorry or embarrassed.
Or were you just trying to practice the verb "kneel"?

CJ

Tenacious Learner · Answer

CalifJimYou know your students better than I do! Because of that, I think that if I wrote the multiple-choice question, it would not be appropriate for use in your class.

Hi Jim,
Thank you for your reply. Besides having an eagle eye to see mistakes you are also very diplomatic.

CalifJimYou don't have to throw out the question just because it's easy to answer. I think you need a combination of easy and hard questions. The easy questions help to build students' confidence, even though they don't tell you much about how well one student is doing compared to another because all the students will get them right. The hard questions that no student can answer are equally bad because all the students will get them wrong. The trick is to make questions that good students can answer correctly and poor students cannot. At least that's what the experts claim.

Thank you for your advice. Another one to copy and paste and certainly to keep in mind.

CalifJimI don't understand why. There's no need to feel sorry or embarrassed.Or were you just trying to practice the verb "kneel"

You know I wasn't. Making fun of me again? Naughty boy!

TS

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