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as. Do not use the conjunction as when you mean “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while.” Its broad and vague meanings can create confusion. For example, As a potential work stoppage threatened to ...
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2021-06-01T00:25:48Z (almost 3 years ago)
>**as**. Do not use the conjunction *as* when you mean “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while.” Its broad and vague meanings can create confusion. For example, *As a potential work stoppage threatened to block the opening of school, the arbitrators revised the wording of the contract*. Does as mean “when,” “because,” or “while”?'<sup>1</sup>https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=as doesn't answer my question. Incontrovertibly,> “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while”are NOT completely synonymous. For example "since" can mean "because", but "because" can't mean "since".**More Examples.** [General Electric is the only company that has retained its place on the DJIA under its original name since <s>because</s> the index's inception.](https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/100214/who-were-original-dow-jones-industrial-average-djia-companies.asp) When <s>While</s> did you last get your teeth cleaned?[1]: https://subscription.westacademic.com/Book/Detail/25181<sup>1</sup> Bahrych, Merino. *Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell 5th edition* ([2017][1]). 343.
- >**as**. Do not use the conjunction *as* when you mean “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while.” Its broad and vague meanings can create confusion. For example, *As a potential work stoppage threatened to block the opening of school, the arbitrators revised the wording of the contract*. Does as mean “when,” “because,” or “while”?
- Bahrych, Merino. *Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell 5th edition* ([2017][1]). 343:
- > “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while”
- areN'T completely synonymous. For example "since" can mean "because", but "because" can't mean "since". E.g. [General Electric is the only company that has retained its place on the DJIA under its original name since <s>because</s> the index's inception.](https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/100214/who-were-original-dow-jones-industrial-average-djia-companies.asp)
- >### as [12]
- >Ultimately, _as_ is the same word as _also_.
- Old English _alswā_ ‘in just this way’ was used in
- some contexts in which modern English would
- use _as_, and as it was weakly stressed in such
- contexts it gradually dwindled to _als_ or _ase_ and
- finally to _as_.
- John Ayto, *Word Origins* (2005 2e), p 37. [Etymonline](https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=as) doesn't answer my question.
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Moshi
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2021-03-13T10:07:22Z (about 3 years ago)
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2021-03-13T06:00:43Z (about 3 years ago)
From Bahrych, Merino. *Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell 5th edition* ([2017][1]). 343:>**as**. Do not use the conjunction *as* when you mean “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while.” Its broad and vague meanings can create confusion. For example, *As a potential work stoppage threatened to block the opening of school, the arbitrators revised the wording of the contract*. Does as mean “when,” “because,” or “while”?- https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=as doesn't answer my question. Incontrovertibly,
- > “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while”
- are NOT completely synonymous. For example "since" can mean "because", but "because" can't mean "since".
- **More Examples.** [General Electric is the only company that has retained its place on the DJIA under its original name since <s>because</s> the index's inception.](https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/100214/who-were-original-dow-jones-industrial-average-djia-companies.asp) When <s>While</s> did you last get your teeth cleaned?
[1]: https://subscription.westacademic.com/Book/Detail/25181
- >**as**. Do not use the conjunction *as* when you mean “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while.” Its broad and vague meanings can create confusion. For example, *As a potential work stoppage threatened to block the opening of school, the arbitrators revised the wording of the contract*. Does as mean “when,” “because,” or “while”?'<sup>1</sup>
- https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=as doesn't answer my question. Incontrovertibly,
- > “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while”
- are NOT completely synonymous. For example "since" can mean "because", but "because" can't mean "since".
- **More Examples.** [General Electric is the only company that has retained its place on the DJIA under its original name since <s>because</s> the index's inception.](https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/100214/who-were-original-dow-jones-industrial-average-djia-companies.asp) When <s>While</s> did you last get your teeth cleaned?
- [1]: https://subscription.westacademic.com/Book/Detail/25181
- <sup>1</sup> Bahrych, Merino. *Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell 5th edition* ([2017][1]). 343.
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PSTH
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2021-03-13T05:59:52Z (about 3 years ago)
How did "as" amass all its confusing "broad and vague meanings"?
From Bahrych, Merino. *Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell 5th edition* ([2017][1]). 343: >**as**. Do not use the conjunction *as* when you mean “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while.” Its broad and vague meanings can create confusion. For example, *As a potential work stoppage threatened to block the opening of school, the arbitrators revised the wording of the contract*. Does as mean “when,” “because,” or “while”? https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=as doesn't answer my question. Incontrovertibly, > “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while” are NOT completely synonymous. For example "since" can mean "because", but "because" can't mean "since". **More Examples.** [General Electric is the only company that has retained its place on the DJIA under its original name since <s>because</s> the index's inception.](https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/100214/who-were-original-dow-jones-industrial-average-djia-companies.asp) When <s>While</s> did you last get your teeth cleaned? [1]: https://subscription.westacademic.com/Book/Detail/25181