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.
See also: all, purpose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • to all intents and purposes
  • all intents and purposes, for (to)
  • for all intents and purposes
  • (as) good as finished
  • finished
  • good as, as
  • as good as...
  • purpose
  • as near as dammit
  • dammit
References in periodicals archive
For all intensive purposes, in the comic-book genre, he is a villain.
"I put a feel good status up talking about the generosity of someone who for all intensive purposes has nothing but was willing to give up he seat and was so polite in doing so."
Waste trucks, for all intensive purposes, are some of the most dangerous vehicles on the road.
he is, for all intensive purposes, the marmite of comedic actors.
There are some areas that we still need to fine tune but for all intensive purposes we are open for business.
* William Satire collected such inventive mishearings as "for all intensive purposes," "to hold in escarole," and the familiar anthem "London Derriere."
The reader, he says, "is bound to supply and interpret it." So the book is, for all intensive purposes, an active experience.
For all intensive purposes the single currency has been up and running for rather a long time given the dollar peg.
And he said that the single currency, for all intensive purposes, was already in place.
One of the most common I've seen is for all intensive purposes. It should be for all intents and purposes, but it's amazing how often it appears incorrectly.
For all intensive purposes, they point to a common 'Tree of Life' or 'World Tree' symbolism.
"The funding for all intensive purposes is now in place from the private sector and Garforth has gone through the checks and balances to make the project move forward," Ian McMillan, executive director of tourism for Sault Ste.
At present, Maybury is, for all intensive purposes, sixth choice full-back and as such, he has turned his attention to what matters most - club football.