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Rule "for all intensive purposes (for all intents and purposes)"

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Description: for all intensive purposes (for all intents and purposes)
Message: Did you mean \1 all intents and purposes?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Well, not all of it, but for all intensive purposes, I read it.
    Correction suggestion: for all intents and purposes
  • To all intensive and purposes the case is closed.
    Correction suggestion: To all intents and purposes
  • Well, not all of it, but for all intense purposes, I read it.
    Correction suggestion: for all intents and purposes
  • To all intense and purposes the case is closed.
    Correction suggestion: To all intents and purposes
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: FOR_ALL_INTENSIVE_PURPOSES [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)