The phrase "alternative reply" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when suggesting a different response or answer to a question or situation.
Example: "If you don't agree with my suggestion, feel free to provide an alternative reply."
Alternatives: "different response" or "substitute answer".
An alternative reply is to adopt a proximate consequentialism that only assesses the direct causal consequences of an act or otherwise more narrowly circumscribes the delineation of consequences (see Sinott-Armstrong 2011 for an account of direct causal consequentialism, see Collins, Hall, Paul 2004 on denying the transitivity of causation).
There is an alternative reply to the question on the structure of impossible worlds, which may be labeled as the "American stance", for it reflects the opinion of north-American impossible worlds theorists, such as Vander Laan 1997, and Zalta 1997.
An alternative reply: "When I sleep with men, I remain composed, and satisfy them in various ways.
There are alternative replies available (see Lycan 1996, Tye 2000) in connection with the Inverted Earth problem.
The alternative replies to the Comparative SRH question consist of the comparing adjectives, "better", "worse" and "similar".
"There would be no alternative," he replied.
"There's only one viable general alternative", he replies.
Table 2 Reply alternatives for the question "What basis of prescription do you typically use?" Therapy types are denoted A R, as listed in Table 1.
For the question "Which factors limit the implementation of patient-specific dosimetry in your centre?", the reply alternatives were non-exclusive.
Asked how long he was prepared to wait before moving on to other targets - with Anzhi Makhachkala's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o understood to be the alternative - Mourinho replied: "Twenty-four hours, 48 hours".
The reply alternatives were "Not at all", "Somewhat" and "Very".
