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Subject:Re: Ensure vs. Insure vs. Make sure From:Lisa <lisa -at- ENVISION -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 27 Sep 1996 08:05:26 -0500
Speaking of pet peeves - Does anyone else on this list have a problem with using 'since' to show the reason for something happening instead of (what I think to be) the correct word 'because'? In my view 'since' strictly refers to time; 'because' refers to the reason something happens. Yet, I see 'since' quite often used to introduce the reason something occurred. This is my pet peeve. It's a little furry, but its mine. What do you all think?
Lisa Miller
Technical Writer
Advanced Technologies Group
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From: Bill Hartzer[SMTP:XBJH%mimi -at- MAGIC -dot- ITG -dot- TI -dot- COM]
Sent: Friday, September 27, 1996 7:53 AM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Ensure vs. Insure vs. Make sure
This is a BIG pet peeve of mine. Personally, I use "make sure" rather
than ensure. Ensure is the name of a nutritional drink for "old
people." And I'd rather use "insure" when talking about insurance.
Regards,
Bill Hartzer Bill Hartzer
Contract Technical Writer President
Texas Instruments, Inc. Highfield Marketing Group, Inc.
Dallas, TX USA Irving, TX USA
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