Re: another grammar question: as /since

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


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