Public Service Announcement

[bloodandsmoke]

It's, "For all intents and purposes." Thank you. Please take care when using cliches. Especially if you aren't using it right.

I've heard this five times this week alone.

Comments

[omgwtfaninja]

What the fuck else would someone assume it was supposed to be?

[bloodandsmoke]

For some reason, people say, "For all intensive purposes." Like, it's really intense.

[avalon616]

On a forum I used to frequent, one my favorite threads was "Commonly misused sayings that drive you nuts."

"For all intensive purposes" was number 1.

Here's a few more that really get me:

"I could care less"
"Could of, would of, should of"
"Alls I know is..." *My personal pet peeve

[kjpepper]

All intense and porpoises are belong to ME.

[cell23]

I've never heard anyone say that. Lucky for them.

The one that kills me is one that everyone uses (myself included, sadly) and which surprised me when I first heard about it. "Begging the question" does not in fact mean that something opens the door to further inquiry. It actually means something much closer to "wait a second, that's circular logic." In essence, it refers to an argument which assumes the conclusion as part of the initial proposal. Illustration:

Normal argument
1. If A, then B.
2. A.
3. Therefore, B.

Begging the Question
1. If A, then B.
2. B.
3. Therefore, A.

Which makes a little sense to an audience but which doesn't actually prove the point at all logically.

Mildly reliable source here.

[walkingundine]

Well, shit. There go my intensive porpoises.

I hate that too.