Starship’s flight ended early
The result differed from the plan.
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In this lesson: Identify completed actions and the shortened flight.
Grammar in this story: Replacing a planned outcome
Instead, the flight lasted about three hours
“Instead” introduces what happened in place of the earlier stated plan.
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Use “instead” to contrast the original plan and actual duration.
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The plan was for about six orbits. Instead, the flight ended after about three hours with a Pacific splashdown north of Hawaii.
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