Cleaning flags

[BulldogMcC]

Originally posted by JugglingReferee

Bulldog,

When talking about elements to help prevent an IW, you probably mean "ensure its dead".

To ensure means to be certain of something.
To insure means to provide insurance for something.

INSURE
v. insured, insuring, insures
v. tr.
1.
1. To provide or arrange insurance for: a company that insures homeowners and businesses.
2. To acquire or have insurance for: insured herself against losses; insured his car for theft.

2. To make sure, certain, or secure. See Usage Note at assure.


Usage Note: Assure, ensure, and insure all mean “to make secure or certain.” Only assure is used with reference to a person in the sense of “to set the mind at rest”: assured the leader of his loyalty. Although ensure and insure are generally interchangeable, only insure is now widely used in American English in the commercial sense of “to guarantee persons or property against risk.”

Maybe it is different under Canadian Grammar