RE: Clearing the check marks

["Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>]

Boudreaux, M (GE Healthcare, consultant) wrote:

> "Verify" has a scientific meaning and a regulatory meaning,
> so I need to avoid that.

    And it also means "test" rather than "cause to be".

> "Make sure" was in one of my original examples, but I am
> concerned about it being folksy and colloquial, and thus
> not good for translation or for people for whom English
> is a second language.

    "Make sure" is suggested by the Simplified English
    standard as an approved alternative to the non-approved
    "ensure", so it's good enough for ESL aircraft mechanics...

    -Andrew

=== Andrew Warren  - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
=== Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA
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