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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Instead of & Rather than
How would you say this please?
1 You're the president who had her own daughter arrested instead of see/seeing justice go unserved./rather than see justice go unserved.
Can you say this?
2 You can't go erasing people stuff without telling them.
Thank you
1 You're the president who had her own daughter arrested instead of see/seeing justice go unserved./rather than see justice go unserved.
Can you say this?
2 You can't go erasing people stuff without telling them.
Thank you
Top answer
'instead of' merely implies a substitute, an alternative. 'rather than' indicates a definite a preference - and so is more appropriate in the context of what your sentence implies. Can you say this?
- 'instead of' merely implies a substitute, an alternative.
- 'rather than' indicates a definite a preference - and so is more appropriate in the context of what your sentence implies.
- Can you say this?
- " You can't go erasing people's stuff without telling them.
- Change 'people' to the possessive form, and yes - it's colloquial speech.
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'instead of' merely implies a substitute, an alternative.
'rather than' indicates a definite a preference - and so is more appropriate in the context of what your sentence implies.
Can you say this? "You can't go erasing people stuff without telling them."
You can't go erasing people's stuff without telling them.
Change 'people' to the possessive form,
'rather than' indicates a definite a preference - and so is more appropriate in the context of what your sentence implies.
Can you say this? "You can't go erasing people stuff without telling them."
You can't go erasing people's stuff without telling them.
Change 'people' to the possessive form,
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