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Kimberly McClintock wrote:
> Here's a sentence that appeared in a doc I'm editing:
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> This version also hides the properties attribute from JMX
> <file:///Y:\users\docs\UnderReview\Kimberly\c3p0\0.9.1.1\jmx> access
> since properties often contains password information.
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> I would have used 'because' instead of 'since'. (Possibly there is an
> EVEN BETTER way to rewrite the sentence, but I'm editing here, not
> writing so I don't want to do that.) I do, however, wonder if anyone
> knows what's wrong - if anything - with using 'since' here. I looked it
> up and it's apparently a legitimate alternative to 'because'...but it
> doesn't 'sound' right to me...
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> Kimberly McClintock
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Some company style guides will specifically state to use "because" or
"on account of" instead of "since". Personally, I use "since" only when
time is concerned.
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