I do a fair amount of editing, and this is one that I come across more and more.
As this article mentions, the original phrase is "for all intents and purposes."
http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/16/intensive-purposes/
Just wanted to post this somewhere. I feel better now.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Haha. Don't think I use that phrase but good to know!!
honeydew / 7968 posts
i'm with @andrea - don't use the phrase but nice to know. intensive purposes doesn't really make sense anyway lol.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
Amen... and don't take it for granite, even if you are butt naked (to demonstrate a few of my peeves!)
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: Thanks for sharing those examples on the spurt of the moment! I was waiting for your post with baited breath.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
@mrbee: now that i know .... i have to be careful what i write around you now!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Andrea: Haha no... my command of the English language is iffy at best. It's just that if you do a lot of editing, your ability to enjoy the written word slowly melts away.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@mrbee: And then reading can turn in to finger nails on the chalk board!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: I am internally grateful that you understand my pain! Sometimes I feel like I'm having an outer body experience. It's a tough road to hoe.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@mrbee: I just have to tow the line on this one and say that it's just a mute point. I try not to be too coal-hearted about it and remember that people are just trying their best!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: I like how you just cut to the cheese there! I'm chomping at the bit over here myself... this is just too fun!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
I'm running out of eggcorns, but you all have really peaked my interest in them 
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
Maybe we should just nip this in the butt. (I really hate that one!)
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: @mrbee: people don't say this stuff right? I hope you are both kidding! Haha.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@Andrea: These are real ones that I've heard. They really do bug the cr@p out of me!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: Ugh ok, you win... I can't take any more. Haha, peaked... that one slays me!
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
@mrbee: As an editor, I feel your pain. I just watched the "Elmo and I Know it" parody of "Sexy and I Know It" on YouTube and all I could see was the superfluous apostrophe in the lyrics:
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrs. Yoyo: Kid's look at these crayons... ugh.
Seriously, why do you hurt me like this???
clementine / 958 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: "mute point" is the worst! I used to work with a guy who said it all the time. In front of clients. So awful.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@mrbee: We tied because I was out of them too. Good game, sir!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: It was all fun and games until you broke out "peaked"... wow, you don't mess around!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
PS: My husband says many of these (and he calls cornrows cornrolls). All I had to do was channel him for a minute!
He also ends many sentences with "as well, too, also". (Not even trying to imitate Sarah Palin).
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@ohapostrophe: Who knows... the funny thing is that over time, these eggcorns end up winning. Our kids will be chomping at the bit, for sure!
persimmon / 1255 posts
@ohapostrophe: I've always heard "chomping at the bit" and never knew 'til I just looked it up that it's "champing"(!).
BTW, this reminds me of an episode of Modern Family where Jay tells Gloria of all the phrases she's been using wrong, like "doggy dog world," "blessings in the sky," "carpool tunnel syndrome," and "volumptuous." Just thinking of it makes me laugh!
persimmon / 1135 posts
What about when people say formally when they mean formerly? It's not The Artist Formally Known as Prince... ugh.
And should of/would of. Drives me insane!
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
It could of been worse.
(^ my BIGGEST pest peeve as an English teacher...)
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
This is the best thread ever.
Edited to add: I have to admit that I thought it was "chomping at the bit" too!
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