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Q&A What's the effect of placing "of course" at the beginning or at the end of the sentence?

Example from my writing: Not everything was rainbow and roses, of course. Sometimes rain would fall on my head or a thorn prickle my finger. Of course, not everything was rainbow and ros...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by alex‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:43:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/29068
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar alex‭ · 2019-12-08T06:43:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
Example from my writing:

> Not everything was rainbow and roses, **of course**. Sometimes rain would fall on my head or a thorn prickle my finger.
> 
> **Of course,** not everything was rainbow and roses. Sometimes rain would fall on my head or a thorn prickle my finger.

What's the stylistic/rhetorical effect of having "of course" in those places?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-07-04T15:37:55Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 9