for all intensive purposes



for all intensive purposes

An erroneous misconstruction of the phrase "for all intents and purposes," meaning "in every practical or functional sense." I know the two countries have very distinct differences, but for all intensive purposes, America and Canada are nearly identical.
See also: all, purpose

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kondwanikon-DWAH-neeSouthern African, Chewa
&Aelig;Lfgar-Anglo-Saxon
Lyosha-Russian
Chibueze-Western African, Igbo
Drea-English
Terpsichore-Greek Mythology