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, but instead vs , instead, we have to

The two phrases are not directly comparable as they serve different purposes. ", but instead" is used to introduce a contrasting idea, while ", instead, we have to" is used to indicate a change in plan or action. These phrases are not interchangeable in most contexts.
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, but instead

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to introduce a contrasting idea.

Use ", but instead" to introduce an alternative or contrasting option to what was previously mentioned.

Examples:

  • I thought we would go to the beach, but instead, we ended up going to the mountains.
  • She was expecting a promotion, but instead, she got transferred to a different department.
  • May 15, 2018 ... But/instead. What is the difference between but and instead?
  • Jun 2, 2015 ... The manual holds that women mustn't choose a programme themselves, but instead wait to be assigned to a module. You use a comma before "but" ...
  • Dec 23, 2011 ... They do not overpower the city, but instead empower it. I'm doubting the use of but + instead. Is either incorrect syntactically? If not, which ...
  • Dec 7, 2019 ... Lyric Interpretation Questions - "I tried hard to have a Father but instead I had a dad". Kurt screams this in "Serve the Servants", the ...
  • Jun 2, 2018 ... Dynamic data in text box must be printable as text, but instead this is a element. That's the error that I'm getting.
  • May 2, 2012 ... Hi! I want to translate "sino que" using the structure "but instead", but I doubt whether I can use these two structures ( But instead + ...
  • Dynamic data in text boxes must be printable as text, but instead this is a List · Need help APIs · cassiano.gobbet February 10, 2022, 8:55am 1.
  • Jan 14, 2017 ... But instead, I held you. I was going to get the clothes folded that have been sitting in the dryer, re-fluffed one too many times. And I was ...
  • May 11, 2023 ... Website not loading home page but instead a 404 return page. · And lastly, we have according to Hubspot, successfully connected our DNS records ...
  • Dec 23, 2022 ... js: Property left of ForInStatement expected node to be of a type ["VariableDeclaration","LVal"] but instead got undefined Use --force to ...

, instead, we have to

This phrase is not a common or correct construction in English. It is awkward and does not convey the intended meaning effectively.

  • Feb 2, 2023 ... Instead, we have to create relationships. In law especially, our clients come to us because they trust us. Of course, we need them to ...
  • Jan 20, 2023 ... However, since you cannot place People fields in a form instead we have to create manual dropdown lists which is quite cumbersome to create and ...
  • Jun 12, 2018 ... Instead we have to pay extra for the "Ultimate Edition". // Question. Title. The Ultimate Edition includes the DE pack for an extra 10 euros ...
  • Mar 8, 2022 ... That means if a step that happens before a continuation fails, we can't retry – instead, we have to make a whole new “dummy commit” and then ...
  • 5 days ago ... We're TRYING, but instead we have to spend our time fighting the Moms for Liberty crowd trying to ban books our students need. ... Photo by Caspar ...
  • Sep 21, 2022 ... Instead we have to log into the web browser version of DB account and upload to there which is more time consuming. I had used a Teams ...
  • Aug 25, 2017 ... Instead we have to convert the live captions to static text to get the proper text warp and in doing so losing our live link to the XMP meta ...
  • Aug 16, 2011 ... Instead we have to use if/else blocks to do stuff like: if @groupId is null then @where = "where GroupId is null" else @where = "where ...
  • Dec 28, 2023 ... Instead, we have to lift our finger and touch the next tab, which makes the sound get interrupted (and also when using 2 fingers, if the ...
  • Mar 6, 2023 ... They've got a brilliant resource which is this forum for being able to capture issues, instead we have to go through a long winded ticket system ...

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