～に代わって・～に代わり

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The ～に代かわって ("in place of") pattern can only follow nouns and indicate that something "takes the place of" something else.

E.g. マイクに代かわって、私わたしが行いきます。 "I'll be going in place of Mike."

The formal version of ～に代かわって is ～に代かわり.

E.g. 来週らいしゅうからはローガンに代かわり、私わたしが社長しゃちょうになる。 "From next week, I will become the CEO in place of Logan."

Although ～に代かわって is similar to ～代かわりに, they can only be used interchangeably in scenarios where a person is doing a task/fulfilling a role for someone else.

Summary

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  ～に代かわって is used to indicate that something "takes the place of" something else

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  ～に代かわって can only follow nouns

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  ～に代かわって's formal version is ～に代かわり