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apoorv

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· 1 Months ago

why instead is wrong... ??

please explain

Question:
DIRECTIONS: Some part of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval [.]  corresponding to the appropriate letter (A), (B), (C). 
Instead of his busy and hard life he still retains freshness and robustness.  
Options:
A) No error 
B) Freshness and robustness 
C) Instead of his busy and hard life  
D) He still retains 
Solution:
Ans: (c) Replace ‘Instead of’ by ‘In spite of’. 

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· 1 Months ago

Dear Student

we use INSTEAD of when presented to options/ choices/ alternatives and you choose one over the other option, thus we can't use instead.

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· 1 Months ago

Yet to be approved!

deepak sahu

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· 1 Months ago

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-inspite-of-and-instead-of

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