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

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: all intensive purposes (all intents and purposes)
Message: Did you confuse this with the common idiom: <suggestion>\1 \2 intents and \4</suggestion>?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20all%20intents%20and%20purposes
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • A man who was to all intensive purposes illiterate.
    Correction suggestion: to all intents and purposes
ID: TO_ALL_INTENTS_AND_PURPOSES [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-21 22:33:10 +0100)