cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/vipw vipw.8

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Saturday, 29 October 2005 at 19:45:32 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:47:40PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote:
>> brooks      2005-10-28 22:47:40 UTC
>>
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     usr.sbin/vipw        vipw.8
>>   Log:
>>   s/insure/ensure/ in previous commit.  My dictionary and m-w.com say they
>>   are synonymous, but ensure seems slightly closer and does not have the
>>   connotation of buying insurance.
>>
>>   Reported by:    Jason McIntyre <jmc at kerhand dot co dot uk>
>
> Hah!  I was going to whine about this too, but let it slide (again, due
> to the dictionary telling me it was OK).  Good to see I have cover for
> those days where I don't feel all that pedantic :)

FWIW, the OED doesn't think they're the same.  From the entry for
"ensure":

   The form insure is properly a mere variant of ensure, and still
   occasionally appears in all the surviving senses. In general usage,
   however, it is now limited to the financial sense (with reference
   to 'insurance' of life or property), in which the form ensure is
   wholly obsolete.]

Greg
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