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Subject:Re: Since v because From:"Virginia L. Krenn" <asdxvlk -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 22 Dec 1994 15:48:11 -0600
Handbook of Technical Writing (Brusaw, Alred, and Oliu) says:
To express cause, because is the strongest and most specific
connective (others are for, since, as, inasmuch as, insofar as).
Because is unequivocal in stating causal relationship.
As a connective to express cause, since is a weak substitute for
because. However, since is an appropriate connective when the emphasis
is on circumstances, conditions, or time rather than on cause and
effect.
P.S. I've seen 'sense' and 'since' misused for each other.
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Author: "Sandy, Corinne" <CHS8 -at- cpsod1 -dot- em -dot- cdc -dot- gov> at SMTP
Is anyone interested in pursuing the issue of the distinction between
since and because. I think I know, but I don't have a formal "rule" to go
by.
