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The following sentence is marked as wrong:

> 私は夜遅く帰る代わりに朝早く起きて勉強しています。

However, as I understand it, it can be translated as "On the one hand I come
back home late, but on the other hand, I wake up early in the morning and
study.". This sentence makes sense to me (despite coming back late, I still
manage to wake up early and study).

Instead, the correct answer should be

> 私は夜早く寝る代わりに朝早く起きて勉強しています

which to me means "Instead of sleeping early, I wake up early". This makes
less sense to me. What am I getting completely wrong in the usage of 代わりに?
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> 私は夜早く寝る **代わりに** 朝早く起きて勉強しています。

代わりに can also mean "in compensation / to make up (for)" (≂ 「埋め合わせに」「代償に」), "in
return / in exchange (for)" (≂ お返しに). I think 代わりに here is closer to 埋め合わせに
"to make up" "to compensate". So, would this make more sense to you:

> "I go to bed early. (But) I get up and study early in the morning to
> compensate / to make up (for the loss)."
>
> ≂ 私は早く寝ます。(でも)その代わりに朝早く起きて勉強しています。  
>  ( _lit._ "I go to bed early. (But) I get up and study early in the morning
> instead.")

A few similar examples:

> 私は夜遅く帰る **代わりに** 、昼まで寝ています。  
>  I go home late at night. So I sleep till noon to make up for my lack of
> sleep.
>
> 家事の手伝いをしてもらう **代わりに** 英語を教えている。*  
>  I teach her English in exchange for [in return for] her help with
> housekeeping.
>
> 彼は頭脳[明晰]{めいせき}である **代わりに** 体が丈夫でない。*  
>  He has a sharp mind, but he's not strong physically.
>
> その娘は器量はあまり良くないが、 **その代わり** とても気立てが優しかった。*  
>  She wasn't very good-looking, but she had a very tender heart to make up
> for it.

*Examples taken from プログレッシブ和英中辞典.
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