connectives

Actually B is the correct answer.

Now that my daughter is big enough to take care of herself, I don't need a full-time maid.

Now is a conjunction in the sentence.

Now that = For the reason that

Since can be used but not "ever since".

Since my daughter is big enough to take care of herself, I don't need a full-time maid.

Since = Because = In view of the fact that


2011-08-06 06:07:55 補充：
To thread owner,
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