06-07-2009, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Shownomercy
For all intensive purposes, something similar to this...
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The phrase is a corruption of "for all intents and purposes" by persons who have heard the phrase, but have not read it in it's proper form. It means "for all intents, and for all purposes. "For all intensive purposes": Nonsense, gibberish, it means nothing. Its what people say when they really mean to say "for all intents and purposes".
1. For all intents and purposes = Correct
2. To all intents and purposes = Correct
3. For all intensive purposes = WRONG! You should have paid attention in English class!"
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