Ensure Vs Assure
Ensure and assure pretty much mean the same thing. To assure or ensure something means to guarantee or promise that something is going to happen. There are a few differences between the words. To assure is to verbally say or write that something is guaranteed. To ensure is to do something that promises or guarantees that something specific is going to happen.
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Basically, the words assure, ensure and insure all mean the same thing: to guarantee or to promise that something is true or that something will happen. But there are slight differences between them:
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The biggest confusion in the "ensure" vs. "assure" debate relates to the implied use of "yourself." It is grammatically acceptable to write the following sentence. "Assure the dog is chained up." In this case, you are assuring an implied person ("yourself").
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The three words, assure, ensure, and insure, are often confused so here are the definitions along with some examples to help clarify the distinctions for you. ... Assure: to promise or say with confidence; Example: Let me assure you that I will be at the meeting at noon. ... Assure vs. Ensure vs. Insure...
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#1 (permalink) Sun Feb 10, 2008 14:21 pm Ensure vs Insure vs Assure vs Reassure ... . OK, I'll approach them with my native understanding: A assure -- we assure persons; B. ensure -- we ensure for ourselves; C.insure -- we buy insurance; D.reassure -- we assure persons again.
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Grammar Trap: Insure vs. Ensure vs. Assure ... "Ensure," then, is what you use when you're talking about how to make something sure or certain. ... Example: It's the editor's job to ensure that every Web citation in "On Target" is verified right before publication.
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Just like insure and ensure, assure means "to make certain; ensure," according to yourDictionary. However, as yourDictionary points out, only assure is used "with reference to a person in the sense of 'to set the mind at rest.'" To illustrate this, consider the following examples: ... Affect vs. Effect Grammar Rules...
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Since I haven't talked with my attorney, I can't ensure that the contract is valid. I assure you that I will talk with him by tomorrow though. I insure you that the contact is valid. ... ; ensure vs. insure (and assure)
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01/10/2008 10:03:00 AM ... Posted by Angela Allen ; ... According to the Associated Press Stylebook, to “ensure” that something happens is to make certain that it does.
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to make (a future event) sure; ensure: This contract assures the company's profit this month. ... Usage Note: 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": assured the leader of his loyalty.
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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 Other authorities, however, ... European “life assurance” companies take the position that all policy-holders are mortal and someone will definitely collect,
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