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Chaya Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

"ensure to" or "ensure that"

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00Just wanted to know which one of the following is correct. 02br
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00--- I will certainly ensure to write mails without any mistakes. 02br
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00--- I will cetainly ensure that I will write mails without any mistakes. 02br
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00Thanks for your help. 02br
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00regards 02br
00Chaya 02br
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0 Hi, Chaya, 02br 00Of the two, the second is correct: ensure that I will write... " 0-

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  • 0 Hi, Chaya, 02br 00Of the two, the second is correct: ensure that I will write...
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0 Hi, Chaya, 02br
00Of the two, the second is correct: ensure that I will write... 02br
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00I would suggest "I will make sure that I will write without any mistakes." 0-
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0 Being not a native speaker, I'd rather say "I will ensure that", but without the second "will" - i.e. "I will ensure that I write..." . I can't say for sure, if "ensure to" is used with personal pronouns, but I think it isn't. May be it is used in instruction sentences like "Please, ensure to write..." or with an object - "ensure mails to be written..." 02br
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0 Ensure may be used with or without personal pronouns, depending upon the context. 02br
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00"Please ensure the light is turned off" 02br
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00"Please ensure that John turns the light off" 02br
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00"Please ensure that you turn the light off" 0-
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0 'Be sure' can take an infinitive: 02br
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001. Be sure to lock the door when you leave. 02br
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00But 'ensure + infinitive' sounds strange to me: 02br
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002. ??Ensure to lock the door when you leave. 02br
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00This would be more usual: 02br
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003. Please ensure that you lock the doo
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0It is quite an exhaustive study, thank you all05000 Like Chaya I often get confused with this word, because of its numerous ways of usage. Anyway there is at least one I am quite sure of051010id111id1
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