Our neighbor Lao Wang likes traveling instead of staying at home.

Our neighbor Lao Wang likes traveling instead of staying at home.

Extended reading:

Instead of coordinate conjunctions, the usage is complicated and can be summarized as follows:

When 1. Instead of being used with would, it forms a sentence pattern of "would rather" ... than ... than ",which means subjective desire, that is, choose one from the other. For example:?

She would rather die than lose her child. She would rather die than lose her child. ?

Ratherthan, when not used with would, indicates an objective fact, meaning "yes … not ……"; Instead of ... "... it is a conjunction, and the components before and after it should be consistent in part of speech. The coordinate components it connects can be nouns, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions (phrases), gerunds, clauses, infinitives, verbs and so on. Now described as follows:

(1) Connect two nouns or pronouns?

He is not so much a sailor as an explorer. He is not so much a sailor as an explorer. ?

Note: when not connects two nouns or pronouns as subjects, the predicate verb should be consistent with the previous noun or pronoun, not in person and number. ?

(2) Connect two adjectives?

The sweater she bought is more beautiful than cheap. The sweater she bought is more beautiful than cheap. ?

(3) Connect two prepositions (phrases) or gerunds?

We will have the meeting in the classroom instead of in the Great Hall. We are having a meeting in the classroom, not in the hall. ?

She prefers singing to dancing. She prefers singing to dancing. ?

(4) Connect two clauses?

We should help him instead of him helping us. ?

(5) Connect two infinitives?

I decided to write a letter instead of calling. I decided to write a letter instead of calling.