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Itasan Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
assurance
I wonder if this understanding is correct.
1. insurance - covers illness, death, property
damage/loss both in BrE and AmE.
2. assurance - covers illness and/or death in
BrE: American equivalent = life insurance
Also, how about the assurer/insurer and
the assured/insured?
Thank you.
1. insurance - covers illness, death, property
damage/loss both in BrE and AmE.
2. assurance - covers illness and/or death in
BrE: American equivalent = life insurance
Also, how about the assurer/insurer and
the assured/insured?
Thank you.
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Hiya Ita-San, I think you are correct assuming that 'insurance' and 'assurance' can sometimes have pretty much the same meaning with 'assurance' being more used in BrE and 'insurance' in AmE. However, 'to assure' has also a different meaning in that it is most of the time used with the idea of stating something with great confidence, or taking measures to make something be true : "I assure you that this problem will be solved by tomorrow" = "I guarantee you that this will be fixed tomorrow" eg "I will make sure this is solved". To make it even more confusing, there is also 'to ensure' which is also used to say 'to make sure that'...
- Hiya Ita-San, I think you are correct assuming that 'insurance' and 'assurance' can sometimes have pretty much the same meaning with 'assurance' being more used in BrE and 'insurance' in AmE.
- However, 'to assure' has also a different meaning in that it is most of the time used with the idea of stating something with great confidence, or taking measures to make something be true : "I assure you that this problem will be solved by tomorrow" = "I guarantee you that this will be fixed tomorrow" eg "I will make sure this is solved".
- To make it even more confusing, there is also 'to ensure' which is also used to say 'to make sure that'...
- but can be used more in the sense you suggested ie 'to take measures that aim at protecting something, to make something safe'....
- I can assure you all this is quite confusing !
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Hiya Ita-San,
I think you are correct assuming that 'insurance' and 'assurance' can sometimes have pretty much the same meaning with 'assurance' being more used in BrE and 'insurance' in AmE.
However, 'to assure' has also a different meaning in that it is most of the time used with the idea of stating something with great confidence, or taking measures to make something be true :
I think you are correct assuming that 'insurance' and 'assurance' can sometimes have pretty much the same meaning with 'assurance' being more used in BrE and 'insurance' in AmE.
However, 'to assure' has also a different meaning in that it is most of the time used with the idea of stating something with great confidence, or taking measures to make something be true :
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