When should one use "self-confidence" instead of "confidence"? "Self-confidence" comes up often in the commendation letters I type at work, as in "You exhibit admirable self-confidence," and I always wonder why we don't simply say, "You exhibit admirable confidence." Of course, then I start to wonder exactly when exhibiting confidence would not be admirable. *sigh* I do not have the confidence (or is it self-confidence?) to address this question.

saranita