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Zoltán Király Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Can "instead of" work as a subordinating conjunction?

Instead of an eighteenth-century painting, it looks more like a twentieth-century painting.

Is "instead of an eighteenth-century painting" a dependent clause?
  

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"instead of" looks like a preposition to me.

  • "instead of" looks like a preposition to me.
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"instead of" looks like a preposition to me.

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