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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
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Is "instead" correctly used here?
At one point, the teens thought they had drifted across the Atlantic Ocean and were close to Africa. Instead they were about 111 miles north -- well outside the Coast Guard's search grid -- but close enough to spot one more fishing boat.
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instead is indeed correctly used there, though a comma wouldn't hurt. It's commonly used when you say that someone believed one thing and turned out to be wrong. We thought we had finally finished the project.
- instead is indeed correctly used there, though a comma wouldn't hurt.
- It's commonly used when you say that someone believed one thing and turned out to be wrong.
- We thought we had finally finished the project.
- Instead , we found that we had barely begun once the director explained it more fully.
- CJ
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instead is indeed correctly used there, though a comma wouldn't hurt.
It's commonly used when you say that someone believed one thing and turned out to be wrong.
We thought we had finally finished the project. Instead, we found that we had barely begun once the director explained it more fully.
CJ
It's commonly used when you say that someone believed one thing and turned out to be wrong.
We thought we had finally finished the project. Instead, we found that we had barely begun once the director explained it more fully.
CJ
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