One of the test questions is:
"________ al colegio ha habido problemas.
Since this girl arrived at school there have been problems."
which I answered as:
"Ya que esta niña llegó",
which was marked as wrong.
Why can't I think that "Since" here has causal value, which would render my answer correct?
That's a very interesting question but I don't think that there is definite causality.
Since the girl has an attitude problem, there have been problems. Causality and I think ya que would be OK.
Since I moved to my new flat there have been problems. No clear causality, maybe a coincidence, and it's just a time adverbial.
I wait for the tutors to pronounce.
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