By official GPTL decree, "since" has been freed.* The main argument for its original ban (ambiguity between "from the moment that" since and "because" since) arbitrarily singles it out over "as", not to mention problem cases aren't prevalent enough to warrant blanket banning it.
However, do be wary of cases where "since" actually is ambiguous, and do still change it in those cases. Consider a sentence like
More reading: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/because-due-to-since-and-as?page=1
*just remember to give it the same treatment as "as" (add a comma before it if it means "because". and if the added comma makes it feel awkward, feel free to change it to "because" after all. there's some weird obscure rule that i'm not gonna bother you with rn that actually makes "because" correct in those cases and "as" / "since" incorrect, so your intuition is on point.)
Shoutout to P Squared for spearheading the rectification of this terrible injustice.
That is all.
However, do be wary of cases where "since" actually is ambiguous, and do still change it in those cases. Consider a sentence like
There's no way to tell from this sentence whether "since" means "ever since" or "because", and in ambiguous cases like this, feel free to change "since" as appropriate. Just don't eliminate it on sight any longer :)Since the wolves attacked the village, the people have been living in fear.
More reading: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/because-due-to-since-and-as?page=1
*just remember to give it the same treatment as "as" (add a comma before it if it means "because". and if the added comma makes it feel awkward, feel free to change it to "because" after all. there's some weird obscure rule that i'm not gonna bother you with rn that actually makes "because" correct in those cases and "as" / "since" incorrect, so your intuition is on point.)
Shoutout to P Squared for spearheading the rectification of this terrible injustice.
can we lift the ban on since
i think it's a dumb rule
That is all.