08-25-2006, 08:59 PM
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sex dwarf
Join Date: May 2002
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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz
I ENSURE you I am correct. Ensure means guranfuckingtee.
Here this is from Websters, but Im sure you will assure, and ensure me Im incorrect rofl.
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You don't get it.
"Ensure" implies a guarantee, yes. As in, "Getting your head shot off guarantees a quick death".
But if you won't believe me, fine.
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/035.html
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Assure, ensure, and insure all mean ?to make secure or certain.? Only assure is used with reference to a person in the sense of ?to set the mind at rest?: The ambassador assured the Prime Minister of his loyalty. Although ensure and insure are generally interchangeable, only insure is now widely used in American English in the commercial sense of ?to guarantee persons or property against risk.? If you want to keep them straight, it may be easier just to give these words separate roles: I assure you that we have insured the grounds to ensure that we will be protected in case of a lawsuit stemming from an accident.
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http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/assure.html
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To ?assure? a person of something is to make him or her confident of it. According to Associated Press style, to ?ensure? that something happens is to make certain that it does, and to ?insure? is to issue an insurance policy. Other authorities, however, consider ?ensure? and ?insure? interchangeable. To please conservatives, make the distinction. However, it is worth noting that in older usage these spellings were not clearly distinguished.
European ?life assurance? companies take the position that all policy-holders are mortal and someone will definitely collect, thus assuring heirs of some income. American companies tend to go with ?insurance? for coverage of life as well as of fire, theft, etc.
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http://www.grammarmudge.cityslide.co...92333/8556.htm
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Assure means "to promise" or "to state with confidence": "I assure you that we will be on time." "I can assure you that nobody in this class will fail."
Ensure and insure are used interchangeably to mean "to make certain." However, some authorities (including this writer) insist upon using only ensure in this sense, restricting insure to matters of legal and financial protection (i.e., to protect against loss). Thus, these authorities would prefer ensure in: "A good outline will help to ensure that an essay is well organized" and "We take every step to ensure that products are of the highest quality." Most references state, however, that either insure or ensure could be used in these sentences.
Insure is always used when matters of legal and financial protection (i.e., insurance) are involved: "In New Jersey, it is expensive to insure a car." "The young model wanted to insure her elderly husband's life for one million dollars."
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