RE: insure or ensure (was: RE: Warnings)

[JB Foster <jb -dot- foster -at- shaw -dot- ca>]

I'm not a lawyer (unless a semester of tort law, makes you one). But,
I.M.H.O. "It is the responsibility of the end-user to ensure that all
information is current." covers the customer's responsibilities, not ours.
So adding "... help ensure ..." would imply mutual responsibility, which we
have no intention of being part of. ... At least, that's my read on it. So
it's up to our lawyers to adjust the wording, which I'm sure they will do
just after printing! ;-)

Bruce


John Posada wrote:

> And your sales prevention department, aka Legal, should want all instances
> of the word ensure to be "help to ensure..." because if you
> ensure anything
> and it doesn't come to pass, it opens you to complications.




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