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Askshameer Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Ofcourse or Of course?

I was taught as "Ofcourse" at my school but, recently I've learned from the dictionary that this word doesn't exist! Instead, "Of course" was valid.

But when we speak we consider it as a single word or was that my misunderstanding? Is there any variation like "ofcorse" (maybe colloquial) without the letter u as a single word?

/Sameer

  

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There is no single-word variant, Sameer. There is only ' of course ' (two words). It is just one of those mistaken ideas that we sometimes get when learning a new subject.

— Mister Micawber

  • There is no single-word variant, Sameer.
  • There is only ' of course ' (two words).
  • It is just one of those mistaken ideas that we sometimes get when learning a new subject.
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There is no single-word variant, Sameer.

There is only 'of course' (two words).

It is just one of those mistaken ideas that we sometimes get when learning a new subject.

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is that a word? if it is... what is.. its meaning? <ofcorse>
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the only variation I know is off course Emotion: wink
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Anonymousthe only variation I know is off course Emotion: wink
No way!
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Tanit
Anonymousthe only variation I know is off course Emotion: wink
No way! Note th
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Off course means off track and of course if for sure Emotion: wink So the off course as in off piste, off track etc was a joke from our fellow tra
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English is great in that if you use it enough the language will conform to you. Ofcourse is a word, I use often, and yeah, though the dictionary is a bit slow on the pickup. The words aren't established by the dictionary rather the dictionary is established by the words. However if people keep getting corrected and changing their usage it'll take a while longer. Nowadays we use plenty of compound
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The idiomatic phrase "of course" is in the dictionary.

See here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/of+course

You are right in that the dictionary will conform to standard usage. But, in this case, standard usage is a two-word phrase.

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Mister Micawber,

I don't think you need to be rude in your reply.

Sameer is right in what he says. We were all taught ofcourse in school. But now how it has changed, we don't know.

Kind regards

IJS
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AnonymousWe were all taught ofcourse in school. But now how it has changed, we don't know.
I'm sorry, but you all were badly taught. There is only one dictionary that has the term "ofcourse"

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