Sep
11
For all “intensive” purposes
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The other day Andrew (our designer) looked at me funny when I said “Well for all intensive purposes” and said “You mean for all intents and purposes?”
It made me laugh, because Andrew is dead right, and I’m pretty sure I’ve been called out for that before. It reminded me that we all use common phrases to express our thoughts and feelings. Some of us use them more than others (myself included) and arguably as a crutch for not having anything new to say.
I have a few that I use most commonly:
“I mean this in the nicest possible way…”
“Not to be an asshole, but…”
“This is going to come out wrong, but I’ll try anyway.”
“To be honest…”
“To be fair…”
“With that being said…”
What do you use frequently (maybe overuse) in common everyday speech?
Posted by: Connor Fee
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okay, i laughed so hard–i thought it was intensive too. mom and dad did not teach us this properly. i used to think take it with a grain of salt was “take it with a great assault” and many more…