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Replace 'in lieu of' with 'instead of' #1946

Closed arphox closed 2 months ago

arphox commented 2 months ago

[x] I provide my work under the project license.
[x] I grant such license of my work as is required for the purposes of future print editions to Ben Straub and Scott Chacon.

Changes

Replace in lieu of with instead of.

Context

While reading the book, I bumped into this "in lieu of" expression, and as a non-native English speaker, I had to google it to understand it.

I think these are the reasons to make this change:

consistency: this is the only place in the book where this expression is used, while "instead of" is used many times (36 at this moment).
understandability: I believe there are (and will be) many non-native English people reading this book, and using a more common expression will make it easier for them to understand the content.