Being fussy about language

Being fussy about language

Ok, I’m starting a new post category for when I find glaring mistakes people make in English that make me laugh. It’s fussy, anally retentive and mean, but since when were those reasons not to do something?

And the first is this:

To all intensive purposes …

When what they really mean is:

To all intents and purposes …

1 Comment

  1. queenie  •  Mar 29, 2006 @9:04 pm

    YES! I HATE THAT!!