Is the following sentence valid?
They did this in stead of that.
What is the correct usage of the phrase instead of
?
syntactic-analysis
Is the following sentence valid?
They did this in stead of that.
What is the correct usage of the phrase instead of
?
Best Answer
Stead as a noun exists, but is archaic. If you want to use it, it needs a specifier: his stead as in WS2's answer, or the stead. So you can say in the stead of; but instead of is much more common.