Choose the correct transitional expression in the sentence below. Immigrant parents want their children to succeed in their new country; (however/consequently), they are sorry to see them give up the old ways and traditions.

The sentence contrasts two ideas: immigrant parents want their children to succeed in the new country, but they feel sorry when the children abandon old traditions. “However” signals this contrast, so the correct choice is “however.” “Consequently” would suggest that one idea causes the other, which is not the intended relationship.

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