What are the differences among "because", "since" and "as" in spoken and written English?
Maybe I should say something more about my question. Sometimes I see someone uses these three words to explain they reason why they do something. For example,

Because I am rich, I can afford a car.

Since I am rich, I can afford a car. (I am not sure if this sentence is correct or not)

As I am rich, I can afford a car.

Question

What are the differences among "because", "since" and "as" in spoken and written English?
Maybe I should say something more about my question.  Sometimes I see someone uses these three words to explain they reason why they do something.  For example,

Because I am rich, I can afford a car.

Since I am rich, I can afford a car.  (I am not sure if this sentence is correct or not)

As I am rich, I can afford a car.

Answer

There really is very little difference. Though as Sandeep points out since is used when talking about time situations and because is not.

Since is more formal than because and is used more in business language, academic language etc.

I think it is a lot more common in English especially in spoken every day casual English to say I can afford a car because I am rich.

Placing because at the beginning places greater emphasis on the reason rather than the outcome.

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because-because is a conjunction used to joint two sentences eg : i love football because it is my favorite hobbie , since is to tell the exact time eg: they are working since 1945 , as- is a proposition which helps the noun to do an action eg: as i am thin i can run fast

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