"Rather than" Vs "Instead of" please hel

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hey_thr67: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 299; Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:27 amFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 9 times

by hey_thr67 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:30 pm

Hi,

I often get confused over the usage of "rather than" and "Instead of". Is it that "Instead of" can only be followed by nouns ?

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by Frankenstein » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:03 pm

Hi,
I expect experts to chip in and comment on this. I will post my view on this.
rather than is used as conjunction. So, it can be followed by noun, phrase, clause etc
instead of is used as preposition. So, it is followed by noun forms(noun,pronoun,noun phrase).

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saxenashobhit: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 52; Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:53 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 1 times

by saxenashobhit » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:48 am

I will say that Rather than is preferred.

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