coordinating conjuctions
what is the correct coordinating conjuction for the sentence:
Many people today desesperately want children ----- they are unable to conceive a child.
2 answers 
But or yet would work. You would need a comma before either of them though. And you've spelled desperately wrong.
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answered Jan 18 '12 at 01:16
Jody M.
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While I agree with Jody, I would actually rewrite this sentence to read a bit different. Your original sentence implies that "many people want children, but - (and this is where the implied confusion comes in) - all of them are unable to conceive a child."
In my opinion, you can rewrite the sentence as:
"Many people today desperately want children; however, there are some who are unable to conceive a child."
This eliminates any confusion between "everywhere who wants children, can't" and "some people who want children, can't."
Hope this clears some things up!
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answered Jan 18 '12 at 07:00
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