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What is the difference between sure and of course ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between sure and of course ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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A: Can I borrow your phone?
B: (Sure / Of course).
In this context:
Sure = yeah, okay/alright.
Of course = yeah, definitely.
Also, ‘sure’ can be used as an adjective. You can say “I’m not sure” but you can’t say “I’m not of course” (note that you can say “I’m not, of course”).
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