bhavyasetia wrote:
Is the use of "instead of" correct?
This is an official problem from GMAC, so, you know the answer to this.
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I have seen in many gmat sc correction lessons that "instead of" appears only in wrong answers choices as gmat does not prefer it but "instead" isfine.
Well, now you've seen it in a correct answer.(:
Insteadof and ratherthan actually have slightly different meanings.
In the construction X rather thanY , 'X' and 'Y' are just two options/choices/alternatives.
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