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[Ashiuhto]

Please check out the following sentence. Which option is acceptable?

People in the United States focus first on the left side of a Web site, _____________ Middle Eastern people focus first on the right side.

( A. meanwhile B. however C. whereas D. moreover )

My answer is C. whereas. Is it correct? If so, why not use "however?"

[dodonaomik]

I think "wheareas" is right.
for example
American cars are generally too large for Japanese market,whereas Japanese cars are popular in the US.

"however"(conj. ) .
for example
I feel a bit tired. However, I can hold on.


The former is generally used in the middle of sentence, and leads one clause!
The latter is generally used as the "head" of a sentence, leads one independent sentence.

[5jj]

前者一般用于句中，引导一个从句
后者一般用于开头，引导一个单独的句子

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[TheParser]

People in the United States focus first on the left side of a Web site, _____________ Middle Eastern people focus first on the right side.



My answer is C. whereas. Is it correct? If so, why not use "however?"

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Maybe "however" requires a semicolon. That is:

...the left side of a Web site; however, Middle Eastern people ....

[shannico]

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Maybe "however" requires a semicolon. That is:

...the left side of a Web site; however, Middle Eastern people ....

Or a fullstop...