If a dictionary says they are interchangeable, it just means it's wrong too
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsaikoInsure: To guarantee against loss or harm. To issue an insurance policy for.
Ensure: To make sure or certain. To secure or guarantee.
I love that one of my co-workers said "Some dictionaries say those two words are interchangeable because a lot of people use them that way. People have gotten use to using them wrong."
My response was "Yeah, and people use loose and lose incorrectly all the time. It doesn't make those words interchangeable and it sure doesn't make it any less wrong."
Next thing you know, people will be telling me irregardless is a real word because it's in some dictionary some where.
Ensure: To make sure or certain. To secure or guarantee.
I love that one of my co-workers said "Some dictionaries say those two words are interchangeable because a lot of people use them that way. People have gotten use to using them wrong."
My response was "Yeah, and people use loose and lose incorrectly all the time. It doesn't make those words interchangeable and it sure doesn't make it any less wrong."
Next thing you know, people will be telling me irregardless is a real word because it's in some dictionary some where.
