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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
he guarantees/insures/ensures this wax will make our car shiny
The salesman said he guarantees/insures/ensures this wax will make our car shiny.
Hi,
Do all of the bolded words fit in the above and mean about the same to you? Thanks.
Hi,
Do all of the bolded words fit in the above and mean about the same to you? Thanks.
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No, only guarantee works with salesmen. Ensures works for car polishers. Insures works for insurance agents.
- No, only guarantee works with salesmen.
- Ensures works for car polishers.
- Insures works for insurance agents.
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No, only guarantee works with salesmen. Ensures works for car polishers. Insures works for insurance agents.
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No, only guarantee works with salesmen. Ensures works for car polishers. Insures works for insurance agents.
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Mister Micawber.Thanks, Mister.
No, only guarantee works with salesmen. Ensures works for car polishers. Insures works for insurance agents.
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But I still don't get it because I run across many sentences like following all the time. And in them "ensure" or "insure" are not limited to what you describ
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For clarity, I suggest you pursue the American Heritage guidelines, because insure is more and more tied to the insurance industry:
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. Although ensure and
For clarity, I suggest you pursue the American Heritage guidelines, because insure is more and more tied to the insurance industry:
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. Although ensure and
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