But

Xinfu

August 25, 2015 09:56 AM

But

p.22
-May I speak to you? It's urgent. [...] But of course.

What does BUT mean?

poli	August 25, 2015 10:34 AM

But of course means of course emphatically . In contemporary English but of course lends itself to sarcasm easily.

Rusty

August 25, 2015 05:41 PM

This is a set phrase, and shouldn't be dissected.

As poli pointed out, the way it was used is just an emphatic 'of course' (an idiomatic expression in and of itself).

Xinfu

August 27, 2015 03:22 AM

Excellent answers. Thank you.

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