Unofficial What Day Is It Even Bowl Game Thread

The Jacket said:
You got a dictionary that demonstrates I'm wrong, to match the dictionary I showed you to prove you're wrong? That's what I would like.
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Here you go, etymology lesson:
https://www.dictionary.com/e/assure-vs-ensure-vs-insure/

One of our readers recently asked about the differences between assure, ensure, and insure. All three of these words ultimately derive from the Latin word sēcūrus meaning “safe.” As with many words that share ancestors, these terms’ meanings overlap thematically, but they’re not necessarily interchangeable. Here’s a look at the key differences.

Assure was the first of the three to enter English with a reflexive sense of “to have confidence, trust, rely.” Today, the term is most commonly used to mean “to state with confidence to” or “to cause to know surely,” conveying the action of putting someone’s mind at ease, as in She assured us that everything would turn out all right.

Ensure entered English shortly after assure with the meaning “to declare earnestly to; state with confidence to.” Today it is widely used to convey the action of securing or guaranteeing an outcome or development, as in This letter will ensure you a hearing.Insure entered English as a variant of ensure.

However, in the mid-1600s, insure picked up a financial sense of “to pay a sum to secure indemnity to or on, in case of loss, damage, or death.” This financial sense is what distinguishes it today. Nowadays, we primarily use insure to talk about providing or obtaining insurance, as in After all his car accidents, the company refuses to insure him again. Insure can be used to talk about other kinds of risk, but in that usage, the term is typically followed by the word against, as in We insured against disappointment by making an early reservation.

As you can see, all of these terms address the action of making certain or guaranteeing, but each in a slightly different way. The most important distinction to remember when trying to decide which to use is that insure is the only of the three that explicitly refers to insurance policies and financial risk.
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Sorry you've chosen the erosion of the language
 
gtchief said:
Here you go, etymology lesson:
https://www.dictionary.com/e/assure-vs-ensure-vs-insure/



Sorry you've chosen the erosion of the language
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The thing you just quoted states that "insure" originated as a variation of "ensure" and then that it picked up an additional meaning. Not a word about some universal agreement that it had lost its original meaning. You just don't like its use and I guess you thought I was your huckleberry to satisfy your enfireorety complex. Both my supporting evidence and yours agree that I'm right, and now I'm bored. Be a bro and öööö directly off. ❤
 
Wow what a shitty whistle, uva rb was still moving forward and they blow the play dead. What conference's crew is this?
 
GTCrew4b said:
Satterfield hopefully leaves for Michigan or something comin up soon.

Wasn’t there thread earlier this year about how terrible he was and we should be thankful we didn’t get him?
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There were some comments, I don't think it was its own thread though, but they were in relation to how he basically told a bunch of their recruiting commits that they no longer had offers when he took over. I think it was kind of a shitty thing to do to the recruits, but I don't think anybody doubted the man's coaching ability.
 
OmnipoTech said:
Wow what a ööööty whistle, uva rb was still moving forward and they blow the play dead. What conference's crew is this?
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Oh good you're here. You Disliked my post in another thread and I believe it was because you thought I was being serious when in fact it was a joke requiring you to read the first word of every sentence. I have undergone a great deal of stress and emotional hardship as a result of your Dislike and would like to formally request that you reconsider. If at all possible I would like to avoid bringing this matter to court.

Yours always,
The Jacket
 
The Jacket said:
Oh good you're here. You Disliked my post in another thread and I believe it was because you thought I was being serious when in fact it was a joke requiring you to read the first word of every sentence. I have undergone a great deal of stress and emotional hardship as a result of your Dislike and would like to formally request that you reconsider. If at all possible I would like to avoid bringing this matter to court.

Yours always,
The Jacket
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Must be his enfireorety complex acting up :cheers:
 
@OmnipoTech I care about you, and I care about your safety. As such, I feel compelled to tell you that bigcrying my appeal for you to like my posts is dangerous. I do not want anything bad to happen to you, please reconsider this path you are walking. Please like this post.
 
When you consider the ACC is the home team for the OB it really is amazing how much these commentators have been shitting on Virginia all game
 
Saw this. Thought I’d share some lulz.

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