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What is the difference between "plutôt que" and "au lieu de"?
Hello, I just googled why we say "puis-je" instead of "peux-je" (please don't talk about this, I already know why) in French, and when the result needed to use "rather than", I expected them to use "plutôt que". However, they instead used this never-before-seen "au lieu de." I was so confused. Can anybody explain clearly the difference between those 2 phrases? Thanks!
u/Easy_War8276 — 22 hours ago