svn commit: r211936 - in head: bin/test lib/libc/net lib/libc/stdio lib/libc/stdlib lib/libc/sys lib/libipx libexec/ypxfr sbin/ipfw secure/lib/libcrypto/man share/man/man4 share/man/man9 usr.sbin/I...

Bruce Evans brde at optusnet.com.au
Mon Aug 30 06:10:05 UTC 2010


On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Bruce Cran wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:12:46 +1000 (EST)
> Bruce Evans <brde at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Aug 2010, Bruce Cran wrote:
>>
>>> Log:
>>>  Fix incorrect usage of 'assure' and 'insure'.
>>
>> I think some of the `assure's are more correct than their replacement
>> of `ensure'.  The difference is subtle -- my small 1960's English
>> ...
>
> After talking with other people I can see that quite a few probably
> were correct - for example "assure a degree of consistency".
>
> Should all the assure -> ensure changes be reverted?

Easier to revert them than to decide which are correct.

Bruce


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