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#1 2006-09-09 11:32:58

Spencro
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"To all intensive purposes"

I spotted this in a student essay last year.

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#2 2006-09-09 13:22:33

patschwieterman
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Re: "To all intensive purposes"

This is one of those classic eggcorns that people cite a lot when they write about this site elsewhere. It’s in the Database:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/32 … -purposes/

The commentary section for this Database entry is long and lively. Body massage comes up twice, for instance. Huh. Eggcorns never did me that much good.

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