“The traditional distinction between enquire and inquire is that enquire is to be used for general senses of ‘ask’, while inquire is reserved for uses meaning ‘make a formal investigation’. In practice, however, enquire (and enquiry) is more common in British English while inquire (and inquiry) is more common in US English, but otherwise there is little discernible distinction in the way the words are used.”
This is a verbatim from AskOxford.com. Last line shows that in usage they can be interchanged but don’t know whether CAT can play on such things. Still it is important to know that subtle difference. Who knows what will help on 16th, The D Day.
BTW, Mr. Paul Brian too said that the only difference is of British and US English. They can be used interchangeably. Click Paul to see his version.
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