we held a part in the garden instead of in the house.

題目：

we held a part in the garden instead of in the house.
instead of 後面是否可以不加in 哪個正確
part應是party

解答：

因爲of是介詞,後面直接加名詞的!不用在加in,如果加in則是介詞短語作狀語的!instead前面是個完整的句子反而instead連同後面作爲一個介詞短語,起修飾的作用!