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Why do the two words, "of course" mean yes? Does it mean " you are" on course"?
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zany ladder 890Why do the two words, "of course" mean yes? Does it mean " you are" on course"?
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OF COURSE: In the customary or expected order, naturally, as in 'The new minister did not, of course, fire the church secretary.' This usage, first recorded in 1548, employs 'course' in the sense of "ordinary procedure."
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