{"id":66,"date":"2007-11-26T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T15:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2021-02-04T17:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T23:51:59","slug":"assure-vs-ensure-vs-insure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/definitions\/assure-vs-ensure-vs-insure\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Assure<\/em> vs. <em>Ensure<\/em> vs. <em>Insure<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three words, <em>assure<\/em>, <em>ensure<\/em>, and <em>insure<\/em>, are often confused. All three words share an element of &#8220;making an outcome sure.&#8221; However, rather than using these words interchangeably, I&#8217;d like to point out the unique aspects of each word so that you can use them to communicate your intention clearly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assure<\/strong> is to promise or say with confidence. It is more about saying than doing.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Example:<\/strong> I assure you that you&#8217;ll be warm enough.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ensure<\/strong> is to do or have what is necessary for success.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Example:<\/strong> These blankets ensure that you&#8217;ll be warm enough.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Insure<\/strong> is to cover with an insurance policy.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Example:<\/strong> I will insure my home with additional fire and flood policies.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Especially in American English, what you insure is a business transaction. What you ensure results from your personal efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Choose the correct word in each sentence. Scroll down to view answers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. I assure\/ensure\/insure you that I have been honest about the money I spent.<\/p>\n<p>2. I will assure\/ensure\/insure my car as required by law.<\/p>\n<p>3. Mauricio saved money from every paycheck to assure\/ensure\/insure he could buy gifts for his family at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. I <strong>assure<\/strong> you that I have been honest about the money I spent.<\/p>\n<p>2. I will <strong>insure<\/strong> my car as required by law.<\/p>\n<p>3. Mauricio saved money from every paycheck to <strong>ensure<\/strong> he could buy gifts for his family at the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three words, assure, ensure, and insure, are often confused. All three words share an element of &#8220;making an outcome sure.&#8221; However, rather than using these words interchangeably, I&#8217;d like to point out the unique aspects of each word so that you can use them to communicate your intention clearly. Assure is to promise or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-definitions"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}