"instead of after" is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, you could say: "We should meet up before the meeting instead of after."
Why am I useing BEFORE STEP instead of AFTER SOLVE?
"They eat soup before dinner instead of after".
It's like I'm recording one of those tracks WHILE directing instead of after!
Although I will note that it's probably a good idea to play before dinner instead of after, even if you don't eat till bursting.
Compared with traditional user feedback, it is less intrusive: the user task is reduced from a multiple-choice decision to a dichotomous one, and the test can be performed "during" user interaction instead of "after".
Barnesandnoble.com, the Webs number two bookstore, parried nicely this morning by responding coolly that it had been working on an alternative express technology that it will simply implement ahead of schedule instead of after Christmas as it had originally planned.
Preventing the development of profound and often refractory coagulopathy in these patients required plasma infusion before, instead of after, the patient became coagulopathic.
Taking a moment to prepare your cake pan prior to mixing the recipe's ingredients, instead of after, will not only guarantee a more successful release from the pan but also a superior cake.
