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Since her baby died

hirashin

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Hello, native English speakers,
Is the following sentence correct? If it is, does it have two meanings?
Since her baby died, she's done nothing but cry all day.
Hirashin
 
It can have two meanings:

赤ちゃんが死んでから______
赤ちゃんが死んだから______

EDIT

I just checked www.dictionary.reference.com to see what they have to say, suspecting that the "because" usage may be non-standard, and was surprised at what I found.

The short definitions give only the sequential usage:

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But among their examples found nothing but the consequential usage:

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The word origin section lists both usages:

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Because you're using the present perfect form which emphasises a continued action (in this case), reading 'since' with the meaning of 'because' sounds fairly awkward. So, I wouldn't worry about native speakers reading it with that meaning.
 
Probably more a matter of common sense than verb tense:

Since her baby died she has stopped feeding it.

Since her baby died she has buried it.
 
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