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Originally Posted by sucucas Thanks so much for your examples. Can I also say: I am supposed to be sad as opposed to be happy? or Are you going to vote for .....as opposed to....? This is what confuses me most..... |
Yes, you can - it has a different meaning from my example:
I am supposed [meant] to be happy as opposed to being sad [here "opposed" is "rather than"] >> I am meant to be happy rather than sad.
Are you going to vote for X as opposed to Y? >>Are you going to vote for X rather than Y?