Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"

[Victor Steinbok]

Tom is right--this seems fairly standard. But every English teacher
prescriptivist will tell you that "because" is no way to start a
sentence. Some suggest replacing it with "since". It seems likely that
this might translate into increased instances of this particular kind. I
tend to follow the sentence-initial "because" proscription, at least as
a matter of personal style. Not so for the reversal.

     VS-)

On 7/8/2012 3:50 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> In the following sentence the word, "since," means "because".
>
> "This example is unclear, since it could be a reinterpretation..."
>
>
> I use "since" like this all the time but was told I was incorrect and should use "because".  What do you think?  I've wondered about it ever since.

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