As, because or since?

from English Grammar Today

As, because and since are conjunctions. As, because and since all introduce subordinate
clauses. They connect the result of something with its reason.

result reason

He decided to go to the conference in

as he was in Spain anyway.
Barcelona,

Are you angry with me because I opened the letter?

Bilardo coaches his team by telephone,

since half of them play in Italy, France
(Bilardo was the coach of the Argentinian
or Spain.
football team)

 
Because

Because is more common than as and since, both in writing and speaking. When we

use because, we are focusing on the reason:

She spoke quietly  because  she didn’t want Catherine to hear.

We’ll come over on Sunday  because  David’s got to work on Saturday.

We often put the because-clause at the beginning of a sentence, especially when we want to

give extra focus to the reason. We use a comma after the because-clause:

Because  breathing is something we do automatically, we rarely think about it.

We can use a because-clause on its own without the main clause in speaking or informal writing:

A:
Would you like to go to school there?

B:
Yes.

A:
Why?

B:
Because my best friend goes there. (I would like to go to school there because my best friend
goes there.)
Warning:
We don’t use a because-clause on its own in formal writing:

In 1998, the government introduced a new import tax  because  people were importing cars from
abroad.

Not: … a new import tax. Because people were importing cars from abroad.
Cos

We often shorten because to cos /kəz/ or /kɒz/ in informal speaking and writing:

I’m laughing  cos  I’m so happy.

See also:
 Because,  because of  and  cos,  cos of
 
As and since

We often use as and since when we want to focus more on the result than the

reason. As and since are more formal than because. We usually put a comma before since after
the main clause:

[result]I hope they’ve decided to come  as  [reason]I wanted to hear about their India trip.

[result]They’re rather expensive,  since  [reason]they’re quite hard to find.

We often use as and since clauses at the beginning of the sentence. We use a comma after

the as- or since- clause:

Since  everything can be done from home with computers and telephones, there’s no need to
dress up for work any more.

As  everyone already knows each other, there’s no need for introductions. We’ll get straight into
the business of the meeting.

We use because, not as or since, in questions where the speaker proposes a reason:

Are you feeling unwell  because  you ate too much?

Not: Are you feeling unwell since you ate too much? or … as you ate too much?