How do you spell "instead"?

"Instead" is not an easy word, it can be eithera single preposition, and a noun with a preposition, and in each of these two cases the word is written in different ways. Let's talk in more detail about how to write "instead."

"Instead" can act as a pretext, andthe preposition "instead" is always written together and used with nouns in the genitive case: "Replied instead of (who?) comrade." Do not confuse this preposition with the adverb "together." For example: "Let's go to school together."

Also this word can be a noun with a preposition. But nouns are written with prepositions separately. For example: "Come to the place where you are expected."

To distinguish, where is the preposition, and wherenoun with a preposition, try to insert an additional word between "in" and "place" (in the same place). If it turns out (see the second example), then you have a noun with a preposition. If not (see the first example), then you have an excuse.

Thus, in order to determine how to correctly write a word, you first need to understand which part of the speech it is.