Grammatical pet peeve 23: when I read "for all intends and purposes" it makes me cringe. It's just one letter off, but still. "Intend" is a verb "Intent" is the noun. An intent is something one intends to do. The correct phrase is, "for all intents and purposes."
when I read "for all intends and purposes" it makes me cringe. It's just one letter off, but still. "Intend" is a verb "Intent" is the noun. An intent is something one intends to do. The correct phrase is, "for all intents and purposes."