To: astyanax
Actually, insure was the common American English spelling until the last 20 or 30 years. Ensure is trendy, and a word I don't use unless I'm talking about the old folks drink.
35 posted on
06/08/2010 2:44:25 PM PDT by
jimt
To: jimt
Insure and ensure have been two distinctly different words in the USA for a very long time, I can assure you. You can ensure that this is true by checking with any US dictionary. Insure means to purchase an insurance policy against some sort of risk.
36 posted on
06/08/2010 2:56:03 PM PDT by
meadsjn
(Sarah 2012, or sooner)
To: jimt
"Ensure is trendy..."
Personally, I wouldn't consider 500 year old Middle English "trendy", but maybe that's just me. ;)
48 posted on
06/08/2010 7:36:43 PM PDT by
astyanax
(Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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