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Subject:RE: the old insure ensure assure From:"Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com> To:"Rob Hudson" <caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:32:21 -0800
Normally I'd say "yes!", but lawyers seem particularly fond of torturing
grammar. Perhaps they really mean "insure", indicating their intention
to provide remuneration should compliance prove faulty or otherwise
defective. In any case, at least they didn't say "assure"!
Leonard
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Subject: the old insure ensure assure
From a law firm's email signature:
"To insure compliance with requirements imposed by the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service ..."
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