in place of instead of 区别

instead of 为介词短语,译“代替、而不……”的意思,后面跟名词、代词、动名词,有时也可以跟副词、形容词、动词原形、动词不定式、介词短语或复合结构,例如：
1．He’ll buy a book instead of a dictionary.
2．If he would rather not go,I will go instead of him.
3．We shall stay home instead of going to the cinema.
4．I should be out instead of in on such a fine day.（instead of 可看作连词）
5．Things would be better instead of worse.（同4）
6．His letter made me respect him instead of hate him.
7．I want to do some work instead of to watch TV today.
8．He went there on foot instead of by bike.
9．I would go by myself instead of you asking me to stay here.
instead 常单独使用,放在句子末尾或前面都可以,例如：
1．If it rains this afternoon,I will watch TV,instead.
2．His father is not a teacher.Instead,he is a doctor.
in place of为介词短语,也是“代替、而不”的意思,表示“以甲代乙”,而instead of则是“用甲不用乙”,除“代替”外,还有对乙作否定的意思,有时译“不”的意思,例如：
We will use pens in place of pencils.(这里含有pencil的否定)
instead of 可加介词短语而in place of不能,且搭配比instead of 少,例如：
1．We usually go to school by bike instead of by bus.(正确)
2．We usually go to school by bike in place of by bus.(错误)
综上所述,这个句子的答案应该是 in place of
(这是我在一个博客中找到的）