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Need Help distinguishing when to use 2 idioms [#permalink] New post 15 Oct 2006, 08:58
What is the rule of thumb when determining when to use instead of and rather than? Please provide examples.

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Re: Need Help distinguishing when to use 2 idioms [#permalink] New post 15 Oct 2006, 11:39
$uckafr33 wrote:
What is the rule of thumb when determining when to use instead of and rather than? Please provide examples.

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Instead of books and apples i chose pencils and candies... :)

Rather than buying Jonhn's car he chose to look for other alternatives....

Stupid examples :) however, use instead of when comparing nouns and rather than when comparing verbs.....

BTW, the same goes for the following:

For comparing nouns use: Like, due to, instead of.
For comparing verbs: As, rather than, because of.
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Re: Need Help distinguishing when to use 2 idioms [#permalink] New post 16 Oct 2006, 07:35
Rather than is used as a conjunction whereas instead of is used as a preposition
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 [#permalink] New post 16 Oct 2006, 15:48
Guys you are awesome

Always bring out the fundas.

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