Editor's Essentials’ Post

The moment you started typing since, Google will suggest since vs because. Such is the power of this pair of words. The confusion stems from the fact that since and because are interchangeable, though not always. In fact, there is no confusion most of the times. Perhaps people were asked to clarify when there was ambiguity. As in most of the stories, these exceptions became the norm and changing since to because to express reasoning was always expected. Now, why is the confusion? Because since can be an adverb, preposition, or a conjunction; because is only a conjunction (of course, Merriam-Webster, for example, lists this as a preposition, but it is an informal usage). As you can see, as the only place where these two cross their lives is as conjunctions. So in order to understand the “rule”, let’s rule out the other two possibilities To learn more visit website: https://lnkd.in/d7DBUEpn #editorsessentials

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