"I had the opportunity to go out with friends tonight, but I decided to stay home and work on my school work instead."
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Why regional bank decided to buy six server computer instead of one supercomputer?"
No You checked with Sam and he decided to not go. sounds better, gets ride of the redundant word "instead".
Opportunity.
Instead of going to the store, I decided to order groceries online.
Roger williams
Decided is to make a choice. I decided to wear my blue shirt instead of my white shirt because it is raining outside. I decided to stay inside during the thunderstorm because i did not want to get struck by lightening.
He wanted to be one, when he was younger. but then he decided to start singing instead
They planned to have one but decided to turn into a film instead.
'So' can replace 'therefore.' Example: 'I have decided not to take law in college and therefore I am going to take Science instead.' Change to: 'I have decided not to take law in college and so I am going to take science instead.'
that happened to me once. ecxept instead i was eating corn.