Sentence examples for rather instead from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'rather instead' is not correct in written English.
Instead, you might use the phrase 'rather than' or 'instead of' depending on the context. For example, "I decided to take the bus rather than drive."

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As for George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, that was an enjoyable film which does not grow in the mind but rather instead sort of vanishes.

3.36pm GMT The supreme court chief justice, John Roberts is saying the administration has no "courage".The WSJ notes Roberts argued that "the government should have the 'courage' to execute the law based on the constitutionality rather instead of shifting the responsibility to the Supreme Court to make a decision".

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this study was solving the GG-SpaD structure in the open conformational state, whereby the N-domain is no longer aligned with the M- and C-domains in a linear manner (closed conformation), but rather instead is positioned perpendicularly next to the middle region of the M-domain.

They sought economic interests that would sustain their living rather instead of civil rights.

Rather, instead of focusing on buyers, and what they want, eBay focused on sellers - a classic industrial-era approach.

And underneath that was a metal shield held down by ultrasonic spot welds rather instead of reusable clips.

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Cursing Brokaw, they abruptly flipped channels to Dan Rather instead, causing a minor uproar.

Many, instead, would rather rewind the clock.

So you would rather take 216-218 instead of 215.

"Rather than" means "instead of" or "in place of".

When you chuck in East as well, the figure is rather spoiled, instead scoring 31-29.

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