Which sentence is correct?
"Doctors instead aim to treat each symptom separately."
or
"Doctors aim instead to treat each symptom separately."
2007-01-28 05:12:46 · 25 answers · asked by Rachel 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Neither is correct. "Instead" is a logical connective showing contrast. In order for it to be grammatically correct, it must begin the sentence.
2007-01-28 05:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by queenrakle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both should be right, but the way people would commonly say it is, "Doctors aim instead to treat each symptom separately"
2007-01-28 05:42:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go with the second as it sounds less awkward. However, I'd put commas before and after "instead." What comes before this sentence is relevant. The first would work ok if the context is descriptive of what the doctors are actually doing. I.E.: "Doctors do not treat this illness with one cure. Doctors, instead, aim..." Personally, I'd say, "Instead, doctors aim..."
Hope that helps.
2007-01-28 05:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by Just Me Alone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either is good so long as you put commas around "instead."
Doctors, instead, aim to treat each symptom separately.
Doctors aim, instead, to treat each symptom separately.
(I've taught grades 2 through 8 and I am a writer as well with a journalism degree.)
2007-01-28 05:22:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first sentence will work, though there's a better alternative:
"Instead, doctors aim to treat each symptom seperately."
2007-01-28 05:22:05 · answer #5 · answered by Delenne 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Doctors aim, instead, to treat each symptom separately.
2007-01-28 05:17:16 · answer #6 · answered by nin 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Instead, doctors aim to treat each symptom separately.
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2007-01-28 05:17:24 · answer #7 · answered by USMCstingray 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Doctors aim instead to treat each symptom separately." Instead is an adverb modifying aim...the first is written with a misplaced modifier.
2007-01-28 06:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by Suzee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Need more information. Doctors instead of who?
Possibly try "Doctors, instead, aim to treat each symptom seperately."
2007-01-28 05:18:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first one
2007-01-28 05:35:31 · answer #10 · answered by zozza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither
Doctors aim, instead, to treat each symptom separately.
or
instead, doctors aim to treat each symptom separately
2007-01-28 05:22:04 · answer #11 · answered by smartass_yankee_tom 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋