Which do you use more often – in lieu of or instead of/in place of’?[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, photographs: A bonfire[YSaerTTEW443543]
Which do you use more often – in lieu of or instead of/in place of’?[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, photographs: A bonfire[YSaerTTEW443543]
I met it just a few times in books. To be honest, even don’t know how it is pronounced.
Hi Torsten
The idiom “in lieu of” tends to be used more in written English and sounds more formal than “instead of” or “in place of”. I don’t use “in lieu of” too often.
If I’m not mistaken, the American pronunciation is not quite the same as the British pronunciation. I would pronounce “lieu” just like the word “loo” or the name “Lou”.
Amy
Hi, Lieu, loo too, UK OK.
A
Saying French words like ‘lieu’ or ‘adieu’ the English way, [lju:] and [9’dju:], (let alone the American way!) just doesn’t come natural to me – I practically never use them in English, anyway.