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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'instead of her' is correct and usable in written English
It is usually used to indicate when one person is doing something in place of another person. For example, "My sister went to the store, so I offered to cook dinner instead of her."
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so you change the pronouns in your love poems to "him" instead of "her".
Instead of her narration, we hear his.
Instead of her initials, "Mine!" was embroidered inside.
Instead of her usual salary, she went on disability.
I read to her instead of her reading to me.
It was too flippant, and used "yes" instead of her usual "yeah".
When it tilted, Henry tried to steady himself & accidently grabbed Cora's breast instead of her arm.
Instead of her early plan to adopt an entire orphanage, she adopted Olivia.
But something got into her that day and she followed her instinct instead of her head.
Even so, Mr. Ramirez has supported her instead of her Democratic primary opponent, Felix Rosado.
Anna Thomson recently ordered 10kg of oats instead of her standard 3kg.
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