Posted by pakguru on February 17th, 2018 | 0 comments | cause effect, grammar, IELTS, speaking, vocabulary, writing
Since young people want to be considered independent humans. They try to prove their ability for themselves and other people as well.
This student is experimenting with alternatives for because but has found herself in hot water. There are two possible improvements:
In both of these examples, since is indeed an exact synonym for because, and so is as. However, as and since are more likely to appear at the beginning of a sentence, whereas because is more common after a comma:
because | since | as |
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after comma | beginning of sentence | beginning of sentence |
Returning to our opening example, we could also get rid of the word humans since it is clear we’re not talking about aliens or rocks:
The over-use of the word human may be cultural. See here, here and here.
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