Sure or sure means certain or convinced--
Are you sure that's the right number?
He was sure he had met her somewhere before.
Shore or shore ( rhymes with sure ) means the beach, or the land bordering an ocean or lake--
Let's go to the shore for the day.
They liked to visit the shore in the summer.
To a sailor, shore means land--
The sailors were always glad to be on the shore.
The sailors had shore leave for the day.
Shore also means to brace something physical by propping it up with a beam or post--
He tried to shore up the garage wall with some pieces of lumber.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"Are you sure this is the way to the shore?"
Note--"seashore" is another way of saying "shore"--
You might "see the shore", or "see the seashore", or be "sure you see the seashore".
The confusion about shore vs. sure has to do with the fact that shore can also mean a beam or support .. "Shore up" is used to say "strengthen the support of ____. The confusion of course then lies with the word sure, often associated with steadiness and security.
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