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I never knew insurance companies took on this kind of risk.


Indeed, the title of the original post ensured that someone would point out that bit of misspelling. One does not insure against certainty.


It's not misspelled. Look it up.


http://www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en|en&q=insure

http://www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en|en&q=ensure


Historically, they are interchangeable. Insure has come to mean primarily insurance, particularly in the UK, though the first definition given in the OED is still "to make a person sure of a thing" (marked obsolete), but I still see insure with that meaning regularly from Americans.

I like this quote:

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/assure.html

"Other authorities, however, consider “ensure” and “insure” interchangeable. To please conservatives, make the distinction."

Looks like the Grammar Nazis have won, when we're giving writing advice intended purely to avoid their wrath.

OED ref, though I don't think that's a public link if you're not on a campus with a licence:

http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50118480?single=1&qu...


It's not being a grammar nazi to point out that something is not misspelled.


Note definition 3. See also ensure.

Gawd. Do you guys read before you vote?


You can vote me down all you want, it's still not misspelled. Or are you planning on voting down English dictionaries as well?




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