She got the promotion. She is good at her job. If the first sentence is a result of the second sentence, there are three ways to write it: She got the promotion because she is good at her job. She got the promotion as she is good at her job. She got the promotion, since she is good at her job. In an absolute grammatical sense, all three sentences are correct. But, as with all self-proclaimed language mavericks, we are uncomfortable with “as” and “since” used as causative conj

There are various styles of writing. Some writers work out the plot, content and flow in detail, in a pre-document framework or skeleton, before they start writing the actual manuscript – be it fiction or not. P.G. Wodehouse was of this type. He says “Before I start a book, I’ve usually got four hundred pages of notes. Most of them are almost incoherent. But there’s always a moment when you feel you’ve got a novel started. You can more or less see how it’s going to work out