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*** so it cannot combine two independent clauses | *** so it cannot combine two independent clauses | ||
** to avoid using it as a coordinator, use it before the verb, as per | ** to avoid using it as a coordinator, use it before the verb, as per | ||
*** "It is not nice outside, rather it is rainy" | *** incorrect: | ||
*** "Rather than nice outside, it is rainy" | **** "It is not nice outside, rather it is rainy" | ||
*** "It is not nice outside; rather, it is rainy" | *** correct: | ||
**** It is rainy rather than nice outside" | |||
**** "Rather than nice outside, it is rainy" | |||
**** "It is not nice outside; rather, it is rainy" | |||
**** "The weather outside is rather rainy than nice" | |||
== S-T-U == | == S-T-U == |