Grammar fix

for all intents and purposes

in effect / practically speaking

Used to say that something is true or the case in most practical ways, even if it is not officially or technically so.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

For all intents and purposes, the two companies operate as one.

For all intents and purposes, online learning has become the main way students access education these days, especially since the pandemic.

One small grammar move makes it sound right.

Not: For all ~~intensive~~ purposes, it's over.

Say: For all intents and purposes, it's over.

It's 'intents and purposes' — not the mis-heard 'intensive purposes'.

Tap the one a native speaker would say.

Words that usually travel with it.

for all intents and purposes