To Enquire or Inquire?

[Ginger Rogers]

Inquiry or Enquiry? What's the difference, if at all :D?

[Admin]

Nice of you to enquire. ;D

Generally speaking they are interchangeable; however, there is a subtle difference between the two.

To enquire means to ask - to inquire means to investigate.

That's why you'll always see me refer to skepticism as being about doubt and inquiry rather than doubt and enquiry.

[Ginger Rogers]

whilst we are there...insure and assure ::)

[wollery]

Insure - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/insure

Assure - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assure

And while we're at it;

Ensure - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ensure


Dictionary.com is my friend!

[brodski]

People often get imply and infer confused as well.
It's perfectly simple.
Imply means to suggest something without explicitly saying it.
Infer means you make your living selling mink.

[wollery]

;D

[Lord Muck oGentry]

Ah, well. If you've got it, flout it.

No, wait...