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Usage of Yearn (She yearned for a child and prayed.)



 
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Usage of Yearn (She yearned for a child and prayed.) #1 (permalink) Sun Jun 21, 2009 13:42 pm   Usage of Yearn (She yearned for a child and prayed.)		  
Hi,
1. She yearned for a child and prayed.
2. She wanted a child for her and prayed.
Which of the above two is more opt and colloquial?
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Yearn #2 (permalink) Sun Jun 21, 2009 14:09 pm   Yearn		  
Hanifasmm wrote:
Which of the above two is more opt and colloquial?

"To want" is more colloquial than "to yearn."
I do not understand what you mean by "opt."
Hanifasmm wrote:
Please highlight me.

Did you mean "enlighten me"?
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Yearn #3 (permalink) Sun Jun 21, 2009 17:13 pm   Yearn		  
Milanya, I think she means, "apt".

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