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Just a minor grammar point that does not detract from your argument: It is "for all intents and purposes", not "intensive purposes" https://www.dictionary.com/e
by krastanov 6y ago
Just a minor grammar point that does not detract from your argument: It is "for all intents and purposes", not "intensive purposes" https://www.dictionary.com/e/for-all-intents-and-purposes-vs-for-all-intensive-purposes/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/for-all-intents-and-purposes-vs...
- adzm 6y agoThese kinds of substitutions are called eggcorns (like acorns) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
- Zamicol 6y agoMy household has started calling them "Bone Apple Teas". https://old.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea/ https://old.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea/ My favorite being a friend called a cul-de-sac a "culture sack". Years later we still laugh about this one.
- jacobush 6y agoIt’s also true
- eindiran 6y agoGeoffrey Pullum, who came up with the term "eggcorn", also came up with "snowclone" [0]. He has had a lot of very interesting posts on Language Log [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone [1] http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/langlog-posts.html http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/langlog-posts.html
- m0xte 6y agoLanguage Log is brilliant. Perfect morning reading with my coffee. “Orca emits speech-like sound; reporters go insane“ says more about our culture and media than anything I’ve read for years. Thanks for posting the link.
- waheoo 6y agoTil, but I don't even know if I'll change, intents and purposes sounds wrong. :|
- krastanov 6y ago"Intents and purposes" has a meaning on its own word-by-word. Not so much with the eggcorn. What is "intensive" about the "purpose" in "intensive purposes"?