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Re: Difference between "as" and "which"
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"Paul T. Wilson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 16:09:10 -0400
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"As" can mean (among various possibilities) "like "while" and "because".
Your examples mostly have to do with the "because" meaning.  The "not",
noticed by another poster, makes the "because" inappropriate as a
connector; thus "as" no longer works when you have the "not" present.


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Paul T. Wilson                                   [log in to unmask]
Professor of Reading                   Western Michigan University

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