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Subject:Re: Common Errors in English From:"Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:36:42 +1100
Lippincott, Rick wrote:
> Michael West wrote:
>
>> ... but if I found "for all intensive purposes" in a technical
>> document, I'd stop reading it.
>
> Of course, if you were -editing- the document, you'd at least first
> change it to "for all intents and purposes" (and then probably
> suggest a better phrase), right?
