I was reading an article online just now and ran across the following:
For all intensive purposes
Um…what? It’s “for all intents and purposes” yahoo. We not talking about the ICU here. I swears.
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February 10th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
You know, I swear I told you about this eggcorn at least a year ago; I remember being in your parents’ living room telling the story. Anyway, I’ve seen it used a few times, and it’s still one of the most ridiculous mistakes out there.
Try doing a google search on “for all intensive purposes”; I think you’ll find the results very depressing.
February 11th, 2006 at 7:31 am
I googled it…and came up with nothing but articles correcting people. I admit I only looked on the first page or two, but who are all these people that are making the mistake?
February 11th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
From the time I was a small child, that is what I thought it was. Up until literally a few years ago even, because I never saw it in print. It’s honestly what I heard when people said it. So, there, am I stupid?
February 12th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
I’d duck if I were you, Tim
February 13th, 2006 at 7:33 am
Actually it originated in Maine with a troupe of boyscouts. Half the pack went to bed for the night, while the other half went down to the ocean for a midnight swim. While frollicing in the surf, they were swallowed whole by a pack of ravenous dolphins. The scoutleader shouted, “All right! Time for the midnight snack!! For all in tents and porpoises… we have s’mores…”
February 14th, 2006 at 4:48 pm
Ha! I thought it was “all intense purposes.” go figure…
February 15th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
Ack! This is where I wish I had a picture of that weird cat in the comic strips. I can’t even think of the comic strip name, but the cat is great and it says “Ack!” a lot.
I can barely stand to listen to the news on television because the newscasters are so dumb that their grammar is terrible. And don’t even get me started on the use of the reflexive pronoun “myself ” as the object of a preposition!
February 18th, 2006 at 11:41 am
My pet peeve used to be “the reason is because”… but it since become misuse of “less” and “fewer”
February 18th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
jour·nal n. A personal record of occurrences, experiences, and reflections kept on a regular basis; a diary.
heheh.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
I like the new look. Not sure when you changed it since I haven’t been here in a while.
February 20th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
Sometime on the 18th, I would guess. Perhaps late on the 17th.
February 21st, 2006 at 9:59 am
I like how Tim chides me for not updating my “journal”, when his is updated about as frequently.
February 21st, 2006 at 11:03 am
i like it
…although I did like your frilly look too 
February 22nd, 2006 at 6:21 am
Old habits, Phil. Anyway, you’re the one that has the definition of journal on the top left corner of his blog.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:04 am
“It came with the frame.”
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:24 am
You should use that box for a “Word of the Day”. You could even make up words to put there.
February 23rd, 2006 at 11:05 pm
Goodness. I checked Diane’s site because dad said she’d posted and while I was at it I came here. What a surprise. Haven’t decided if I like it better or not.
February 25th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
It’s spiffy. Post more.
February 27th, 2006 at 9:00 am
When we bought our bookshelves at Office Depot the other day, we were trying to figure out if the shelves would fit in our car. The guy helping us said, “Let me go see if we have any in stock, it may be a mute point.”
February 27th, 2006 at 9:47 am
That might be more of an accent thing, Diane. Ask Jonathan to say “wolves, roof and hills.” It will come out “woovs ruff in heel.”
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:40 pm
okay, so I’m like a year and a half late on this….but I highly recommend spogg.org.