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Old 12-27-12, 07:19 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Cybermat47 View Post
And it turns out that insure and ensure are interchangeable, but insure is more commonly used to refer to monetary compensation.


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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen View Post
No, they mean completely different things.

The terms are not interchangeable.


Just because some people use the terms interchangeably, does not mean it is correct. It ain't good English.
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