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MaverickK Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
rather than at/instead of
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00 Please look at the following sentence - 02 br
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00 In metalwork one advantage of adhesive-bonding over spot-welding is that the contact, and hence the bonding, is effected continuously over a broad surface 01 u 00 instead of 02 u 00 a series of regularly spaced points with no bonding in between. 02 br
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00 I came to know that "rather than at" should be used in place of "instead of". 00 Why is "instead of" incorrect here ? 02 br
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00 Please explain. 02 br
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00 Please look at the following sentence - 02 br
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00 In metalwork one advantage of adhesive-bonding over spot-welding is that the contact, and hence the bonding, is effected continuously over a broad surface 01 u 00 instead of 02 u 00 a series of regularly spaced points with no bonding in between. 02 br
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00 I came to know that "rather than at" should be used in place of "instead of". 00 Why is "instead of" incorrect here ? 02 br
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00 Please explain. 02 br
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0 I see nothing wrong with 01 i 00 instead of. 02 i 02 br
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0 The following explanation was given to me to show that the usage of "instead of" is incorrect and "rather than at" is the correct answer :- 02 br
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00 " 00 The corrected sentence must contrast an 01 b 00 effect of spot-welding 02 b 00 with 01 b 00 an effect of adhesive-bonding 02 b 00 . 00 00 To do so logically and grammatically, it
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00 " 00 The corrected sentence must contrast an 01 b 00 effect of spot-welding 02 b 00 with 01 b 00 an effect of adhesive-bonding 02 b 00 . 00 00 To do so logically and grammatically, it
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01 cite 10 MaverickK 12 cite 10 I could not understand this explanation completely and I am still not convinced with the answer.Please help me and explain lucidly. 12 br10 Nor can I. 05 0 00 The original sentence is lucid enough to me with both expressions. I'm afraid you'll have to ask whoever gave
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0 Your other adviser has made two corrections and has only explained one of them. Neither correction is really necessary. 02 br
00 Firstly, he has changed "instead of" to "rather than". This is a minor point, but maybe a good idea. "Instead" can imply that the adhesive is an inferior substitute for welding, when in fact the point of the sentence is that the adhesive is better. 02 br
00 Firstly, he has changed "instead of" to "rather than". This is a minor point, but maybe a good idea. "Instead" can imply that the adhesive is an inferior substitute for welding, when in fact the point of the sentence is that the adhesive is better. 02 br
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