Rana's father wants him to be an engineer ____ a doctor.
A. instead
B. instead of
C. expecting
D. expect to
সঠিক উত্তরঃ
B.
instead of
Explanation: • instead of (prepositional phrase) (পরে noun, pronoun, gerund বা prepositional phrase থাকবে) স্থলে; বদলে; পরিবর্তে।
- অর্থাৎ কোনো কিছুর বিকল্প হিসেবে অন্য কিছু ব্যবহার করলে instead of এই phrase টি ব্যবহৃত হয়।
- তাই শূন্যস্থানে সঠিক উত্তর হবে instead of.
- অর্থাৎ কোনো কিছুর বিকল্প হিসেবে অন্য কিছু ব্যবহার করলে instead of এই phrase টি ব্যবহৃত হয়।
- তাই শূন্যস্থানে সঠিক উত্তর হবে instead of.
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