-- 15:22, Saturday, June 11, 2022 ( UTC)
Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |
I've just looked up since in the Oxford English Dictionary. This gives time-related definitions, of course, but also "Because that; seeing that; inasmuch as". The earliest example it provides for the latter is "Go to, let it be,..syns it lyketh so." (Presumably what in modern spelling would be "Go to, let it be,.. since it liketh so.") That's from the first edition (1540) of The Comedye of Acolastus, a translation by John Palsgrave of Acolastus, a play in Latin by Wilhelm Gnapheus = Gulielmus Gnapheus = Wilhelm Fullenius. So since has been used with the meaning of "because" for at least 462 years, and thus is a well-established item of English vocabulary. Use it with pride! -- Hoary ( talk) 02:07, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
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Hi Comfortable East! The thread you created at the
Wikipedia:Teahouse, You can still read the archived discussion. If you have follow-up questions, please .
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-- 15:22, Saturday, June 11, 2022 ( UTC)
Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |
I've just looked up since in the Oxford English Dictionary. This gives time-related definitions, of course, but also "Because that; seeing that; inasmuch as". The earliest example it provides for the latter is "Go to, let it be,..syns it lyketh so." (Presumably what in modern spelling would be "Go to, let it be,.. since it liketh so.") That's from the first edition (1540) of The Comedye of Acolastus, a translation by John Palsgrave of Acolastus, a play in Latin by Wilhelm Gnapheus = Gulielmus Gnapheus = Wilhelm Fullenius. So since has been used with the meaning of "because" for at least 462 years, and thus is a well-established item of English vocabulary. Use it with pride! -- Hoary ( talk) 02:07, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
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Hi Comfortable East! The thread you created at the
Wikipedia:Teahouse, You can still read the archived discussion. If you have follow-up questions, please .
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