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Rule "intensive purposes (intents and purposes)"

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Description: intensive purposes (intents and purposes)
Message: Did you mean intents and \3?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • For all intensive purposes.
    Correction suggestion: intents and purposes
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: INTENSIVE_PURPOSES [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)