For all intensive purposes, E3 (The Electronic Entertainment Expo) has been canceled. It isn't per se, but when the attendance drops from over 60,000 people a year to a meager few hundred, it is probably some kind of foreshadowing event to announce the demise of the convention altogether.
Practically, it makes sense. Considering the event and its
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also, it's good to see that I'm not the only one who has misheard the phrase "for all intents and purposes" my entire life as "intensive purposes."
it seems that a lot of people are very confused about this phrase. because both of my parents just said that it's "for all intent purposes."
which doesn't even make sense.
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Right.
I had misheard it too. But I'm under the impression that they're two different phrases. The word intensive means "Of, relating to, or characterized by intensity". Now, using that definition, the prase can be redefined. The purpose is characterized by intensity. I don't know; makes sense to me.
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