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Subject:Re: another grammar question: as /since From:Bill Burns <WBURNS -at- VAX -dot- MICRON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Aug 1995 08:31:21 MDT
Rogers George asks:
>Has it become correct to use the word "as" when you mean "since"?
In Idaho, this usage is a common dialectical variation. I strike it out of my
students' essays when they use it (<as> it tends to cause confusion ;-).
Bill Burns *
Assm. Technical Writer/Editor * LIBERTY, n. One of imagination's most
Micron Technology, Inc. * precious possessions.
Boise, ID *
WBURNS -at- VAX -dot- MICRON -dot- COM * Ambrose Bierce
