Comments on: Difference between insure and ensure

By: Becky Beachan

Becky Beachan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:06:06 +0000

Please tell me how to use lay, laid, lain, lie, etc., in a way the I can remember it. Thx!

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:47:56 +0000

I was reading this while drinking my Ensure and thought there was a bunch of effort put into all this.

By: Dan McKenna

Dan McKenna — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:08:29 +0000

When you profess to know grammar and complain about the incorrect usage of words, how about following the rules yourself? I thought we were all taught that sentences begin with capital letters (see first paragraph of the post). Not to mention the fact that “Anyhow” by itself is not a sentence.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:41:32 +0000

And for those who are sticklers for citing sources, Amit’s comment was entirely lifted from Dictionary.com.

By: Amit Verma

Amit Verma — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:40:08 +0000

Basically, insure, ensure, and assure mean to make a person or thing more sure. Insure should be restricted to providing or obtaining insurance to indemnify or guarantee someone or something against a loss. Ensure can be used in all other senses, especially ‘to make certain’. Ensure can also imply a guarantee. Then there is a third word, assure, which means to make a promise or convince. Assure also implies the removal of doubt and suspense within someone’s mind. Here are some examples of usage for assure, ensure, and insure: I assured him that I would not clean out his tool and hardware collection. She looked back to assure that no dogs were following her. / The government ensured the safety of the troops during the time they would be airlifted out of the country. We will ensure that the abusive coach will not return next year. / She was insured against loss in the homeowner’s policy. The valuables are insured.