Rest Assured
rogersgeorge on November 4th, 2020
I ran into an example of using “rest assured” incorrectly, then I lost it, so I don’t have a quote to share with you. But you can rest assured that I’ll show you the correct usage. The error is fairly common. Maybe I’ll find another example…
Don’t say “be rest assured.”
“Rest” is an ordinary verb, frequently used in the imperative. The expression tells you that you can rest!
“Rest” is not some kind of adjective describing assurance.
So use the expression to tell people how they can rest (feeling assured about something) when you want to calm them about something that could cause anxiety.
Harrumpf.
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