Re: WONT TO STUDEY COMPUTER SYSTEMS WERE DON I GO TO GET IT THANKS.

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NoNoBadDog! wrote:
> This is a newsgroup for those whose primary language is English. Since you
> do not seem to possess even the slightest idea of how to
> use English properly, perhaps you should find a newsgroup that
> supports your native tongue.
>
> I shudder at the thought that you could have graduated from a High
> School in the United States. If you are indeed a product of the
> American educational system, then I would be curious as to what state
> you graduated High School from, so that I can insure that no member
> of my immediate family ever settles there to doom their children to a
> life of ignorance.
> Bobby


Ah, Bobby, just noticed something - you've made one of the classic
grammatical errors - confusing 'insure' with 'ensure'; they are *not*
interchangable. Consider the following sentence: -

I must ensure that I insure my car adequately.

OK, it's not Shakespeare, but it does illustrate the point.

ensure verb (ensured, ensuring) 1 to make something certain; to assure or
guarantee it. 2 to make (a thing or person) safe and secure.

insure verb (insured, insuring) 1 tr & intr to arrange for the payment of an
amount of money in the event of the loss or theft of or damage to (property)
or injury to or the death of (a person), etc by paying regular amounts of
money to an insurance company. 2 to take measures to try to prevent (an
event leading to loss, damage, difficulties, etc). 3 intrans, chiefly N Amer
to provide insurance; to underwrite.

Having said that, up until the 17th, or 18th, century, it was used
interchangably with 'ensure'. It's only latterly has it come to mean what it
does today.
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