RE: the old insure ensure assure

Subject: RE: the old insure ensure assure
From: Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>
To: "'Rob Hudson'" <caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:30:48 -0800

Rob Hudson wrote:

> From a law firm's email signature:
>
> "To insure compliance with requirements imposed by the U.S. Internal
> Revenue Service ..."
>
> Shouldn't it be "ensure"?

Rob:

Check your (American English) dictionary; many allow "insure" to be used as a synonym for "ensure".

-Andrew

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