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Originally Posted by Tdol It might depend on the degree of assumption; end placement can sometimes be used to include the listener in a more conspiratorial or superior way. |
The way to test that scientifically would be to use controlled sentences:
Do these all have the same effect?:
And I’d done my best,
of course, to prevent her.
And
of course, I’d done my best to prevent her.
And I’d done my best to prevent her,
of course.
I'd say it depends on the intonation in speech. In writing, the last one could appear to be an afterthought.