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Kevin X Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Replacing "when" with "for / since" in a question

Hi guys,

Does "for" or "since" work in place of "when" in this sentence?

Why do you keep buying plants when you just end up killing them?

If not, why?

Thank you.

  

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Why do you keep buying plants when you just end up killing them? "For" does not work. "Since" almost does.

— Anonymous

  • Why do you keep buying plants when you just end up killing them?
  • "For" does not work.
  • "Since" almost does.
  • Kevin X If not, why?
  • If you mean "for" as "because", that is an obsolete use of the word that sounds literary or ultra-formal today.
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Kevin XDoes "for" or "since" work in place of "when" in this sentence?Why do you keep buying plants when you just end up killing them?

"For" does not work. "Since" almost does.

Kevin XIf not, why?

If you mean "for" as "because", that is an obsolete use of the word that sounds literary or ultra-formal today. It also

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