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| 627.1 | fixed. | MARVIN::MACHIN | | Thu Feb 23 1989 13:12 | 5 |
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Simple. Use the Insurance/Assurance rule, taking into account the
avoidance of flying negatives principle.
Richard.
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| 627.2 | Will that insure success? | AYOV27::ISMITH | Tauro-Scatological Expletive | Thu Feb 23 1989 13:58 | 9 |
| .1�< Note 627.1 by MARVIN::MACHIN >
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.1� Simple. Use the Insurance/Assurance rule, taking into account the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
which is...?
Ian.
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| 627.3 | en/in | IOSG::LAWM | That's just the way it is! | Thu Feb 23 1989 14:52 | 11 |
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An `inquiry' is usually an official investigation; an `enquiry'
is a question.
I don't know about the insurance/assurance example, but ensure/insure
is a similar problem. To `ensure' is to make sure of; to `insure'
is to take out an insurance policy.
Mat.
*:o)
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| 627.4 | unless you're American ... | IOSG::LAWM | That's just the way it is! | Thu Feb 23 1989 14:56 | 9 |
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As a postscript to .3, I have a feeling that this may be different
in American English....
Yup! Just checked my Webster's, and found that enquiry/inquiry
are synonymous, with inquiry being the preferred form.
Mat. <--- who speaks English English
*:o)
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| 627.5 | we've had this before? | COMICS::DEMORGAN | Richard De Morgan, UK CSC/CS | Tue Feb 28 1989 18:01 | 2 |
| We've had this one before - there is a difference in English English.
.3 is correct.
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