[译] 我们将乘车而不是骑车去市里。
[误] We shall go down town by bus instead by bicycle.

[正] We shall go down town by bus instead of by bicycle.
[注] instead 只能作副词用。需要连接两项不同的选择时, 应该说...instead of...（不是……而是……）, instead of 后面可以跟名词、代词、动名词或介词短语。