Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Most of Portugal's 250,000 university students boycotted classes in a

Hellobhavyasetia ,

We hope this finds you well.

To clarify, both "instead" and "instead of" are perfectly acceptable on GMAT, although "rather than" is the preferred usage.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
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