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Saturday, August 02, 2008
Misheard English--Intensive Purposes
Have you heard this one? "...for all intensive purposes..."
It's certainly an interesting, and unintentional, twist on the phrase "for all intents and purposes." And, apparently, not an uncommon mistake. For more discussions:
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