Lesson Twenty-Three instead "Instead" is similar to "or." It describes a substitution or an alternative situation. "Instead" is often followed by the preposition "of." |
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examples Candy tastes good, but it isn’t good for you to eat too much.  | 
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Instead, consider eating fruit if you want something that’s sweet. | |
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Newspapers aren’t as popular as they used to be.  | |
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Instead, many people are going online for their news. | |
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Instead of entering a career as a stockbroker, he decided to become a professional skateboarder. | 
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He should have gone to sleep. He stayed awake all night instead. | |
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Ron was supposed to leave at 5:00; instead, he has to stay in the office and finish some paperwork. | |
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Next: Lesson Twenty-Four meanwhile |