Monumental Mistake

[2ffat]

The North Carolina Veteran's Park in Fayetteville has the preamble to the US Constitution etched in glass on a wall.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Prosperity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Can you spot the mistake? They didn't until the monument was in place. To find the answer look at this article



James P. Cottingham
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[CajunCenturion]

The mistake will probably not endure as long as the intention.


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[gbaughma]

Hehe....



Just my 2¢

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[Turkbear]

Maybe they were on to something; if you are not prosperous you have less Liberty!





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[SkipVought]

Oooh, my aching prostrate!

Skip,
[sub]
Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE![/sub]

 

[Stella740pl]

Not sure, but I would write "...ensure domestic Tranquility...", and also put comma before "...and our Prosperity...".
Now I have to check that article when I have a moment.

 

[mscallisto]

An answer may reside here:

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/assure-ensure-insure.aspx

I liked the Quick and Dirty "Ensure," "Assure," Insure" Tip

Sam

 

[CajunCenturion]

At the time the Constitution was ratified (1789) ensure and insure were interchangeable. That's not the error.

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[traingamer]

[hide]Prosperity - really?[/hide]
Holy smoke.

Greg
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Kierkegaard

 

[mscallisto]

Yep I did peek and discovered the answer but was only responding to Stella740pl's guess at ensure domestic Tranquility.

sam

 

[Annihilannic]

Well, at least they spelt (or is it spelled... I can never remember!) "defence" correctly! ;-)

Annihilannic.

 

[tcsbiz]

I'm so glad that wealth is guaranteed in the constitution.