0
Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Instead

0 Hi,02br
00I think this use if "instead" in not idiomatic (not possible):02br
02br
01b00My father is a doctor. My mother is a nurse, instead.02br
00- I have a blue Ferrari. - Oh, really? I have one too, but mine is yellow instead.02br
00GG is American, Nona is British instead.02b02br
02br
00I used "instead" to express a contrast between two things, and it doesn't mean "in place of". I think I can't use it that way, can I? It is used that way in Italian... (it's "invece").02br
02br
00Thank you in advance 050010id1
  

Top answer

0 No, it doesn't work. 02br 02br 00 Try 01i 00on the other side, however, on the contrary, etc02i 00. 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 No, it doesn't work.
  • 02br 02br 00 Try 01i 00on the other side, however, on the contrary, etc02i 00.
  • 0-
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

3 Answers
0
0 No, it doesn't work. 02br
02br
00 Try 01i00on the other side, however, on the contrary, etc02i00. 0-
0
0
0 It's weird. It's understandable, but it's weird! I would probably resort to the simplest solution: Use 01i00but02i00.02br
02br
01i00My father is ..., but my mother ....02br
00 ... I have one too, but it's yellow.02br
00 ... American, but Nona is ....02i02br
02br
00 CJ0-
0
0
0 Yeah, I thought it was not ok, but since I never asked anyone about that... Now I know it's not used the same way as Italian. 02br
02br
00Thank you 050010id1
0

Related Questions