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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
You can use "ensure" and "insure" in a general sense interchangeably.
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I suppose you can if you are happy to dumb down the language to the point of rendering it incapable of expressing nuances of thought.
The fact that many people (including, unbelievably, dictionary writers) can't be bothered to learn the distinction between "ensure" and "insure" does not make them interchangeable.