instead of和rather that的用法区别！

lunachasedream · 发表于 2013-8-8 11:26:04

有谁知道的吗？
做题的时候老是犹豫要用哪个……>.<

16. It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy is not the
right to 10 participate in the selection of leaders, but rather that it affirms our
importance in the scheme of things.
(A) but rather that it affirms
(B) but rather its affirmation of
(C) but rather it’s affirmation in terms of
(D) but instead of that, its affirming that
(E) affirming rather

比方这道题里面D选项，解析里说instead of 不对，但它没说为什么！

Vivian1091 · 发表于 2013-8-14 08:57:41

instead of是介词，只能用于名词成分的平行；rather than 既可以用于名词又可以用于动词
So you CAN say:
I want chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla today.
Miguel decided to play guitar instead of drums.

But you SHOULDN'T say:
I walked to work instead of drove.
Miguel played guitar instead of drummed.
Abhi embraced the difficulties of grammar instead of gave up.

In contrast, "rather than" can compare nouns or verbs, so it's just more likely to be correct.

It's probably most noteworthy that the OG doesn't even mention the rather than/instead of choice in the explanation for questions that have it, except to say that both require parallelism
摘自 BUKB千行excel

Vivian1091 · 发表于 2013-8-14 09:00:03

刚看到楼主说的是rather that。。个人认为这里的but rather that，rather就是个修饰词啊，有没有都无所谓吧，，做题的时候去掉就好。。

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