Difference between make sure, ensure, and make it a point

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= I left early to ensure I could get to the airport on time. To make it a point to do something, or make a point of doing something means to make a deliberate ... 600+ConfusingWordsExplainedE-Book Areyouwonderingifthere’sadifferencebetween makesure and ensure?Wealsohavetheexpression makeitapoint. I’llteachyouhowtouseeachoneinthislesson. There’snodifferenceinmeaningbetweenmakesureandensure,it’sjustthatensureismoreformal.Whenspeaking,wetypicallyuse makesure. Ifwritingamoreformalarticleorbusinesstext,wewoulduse ensure. Pleasemakesurewehaveenoughcopiesofthereportforeveryoneinthemeeting. =Pleaseensurewehaveenoughcopiesofthereportforeveryoneinthemeeting. IleftearlytomakesureIcouldgettotheairportontime. =Ileftearlyto ensure Icouldgettotheairportontime. Tomakeitapoint todosomething,ormakeapointof doingsomething meanstomakeadeliberate efforttodosomething,ortodosomethingspecificallysothatpeoplecanseeit,becauseifyoudon’tdoit,somethingbadwillhappenorpeoplemightthinkbadlyofyou. Imakeitapointtotreatallmyemployeesfairly. =Iconsciouslyanddeliberatelytakethisaction Shemadeapointofinvitingtheentirefamilytotheparty. =Shedeliberatelyinvitedeveryonebecauseothersmightthinkbadlyofherifsheexcludedsomepeoplefromtheinvitation Notethatthesetwoexpressionsarethesame,butafter makeitapoint weuse the toform oftheverb,andafter makeapointof weusethe -INGform oftheverb. Clearupyourdoubtsaboutconfusingwords…anduseEnglishmoreconfidently! Clickheretolearnmoreaboutthise-book Tweet PinIt

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