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Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid

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Ballard:

--- Quote from: -Karamazov- on 14 Apr 2009, 18:34 ---"For all intensive purposes."

I guess its not really a stupid phrase so much as a commonly misused/spelled phrase.

--- End quote ---

Did you mean that the actual phrase is "for all intents and purposes" or am I mistaken?

Emaline:
I lol'd.

pwhodges:
I used to despise people for slovenly misconstructions; now I pity them for being products of the modern educational system.  Patronising or what?

Kylos:
"It won't take but a moment" always gets me. The but seems completely redundant.

Ballard:
Paul, which one of us is incorrect?

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