for all intensive purposes

for all intensive purposes

An erroneous misconstruction of the phrase "for all intents and purposes," meaning "in every practical or functional sense." I know the two countries have very distinct differences, but for all intensive purposes, America and Canada are nearly identical. The app is finished, for all intensive purposes. We just need to iron out a few issues before it's released. A: "For all intensive purposes, he's the leader of the organization." B: "I'm sorry, what was that first thing you said?"

See also: all, for, purpose

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