Why disbelievers deny the Next Life
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Yes, of course you disipline us by having us bomb the $hit out of you several times in the last 100 years. It's all relitive
You also disciplined us when you had us decide who would own what land.
It's all relitive to your truth.
Why try to be a clown when everyone already know you are a full blown troll. Educate yourself.
The mangled form “for all intensive purposes” has been “spotted in the wild” in print (and noted by linguists) at least since the 1980s, although, as an error in speech, it may have been around much longer. “For all intensive purposes” is a classic “eggcorn,” a re-shaping of a word or phrase that, far from being a simple error, has flourished and persisted because it actually makes a certain amount of sense. The term “eggcorn” itself was coined in 2003 by linguist Geoffrey Pullum when someone online was noticed typing “eggcorn” instead of “acorn.” It was, of course, an error, but an acorn is indeed rather egg-shaped, and is a seed, as is corn, so if one has heard “acorn,” but never seen the word in print, writing it as “eggcorn” is not entirely crazy.
Similarly, “for all intensive purposes” might be defended as logical if “intensive” were interpreted to mean “serious, realistic, or practical,” making the phrase equivalent to “when push comes to shove” (“Smith is a decent hitter, but for all intensive purposes, he’ll be useless in the playoffs”). It’s still “wrong” in that it mangles a long-established English idiom, but it’s not as far off the beam as “The ants are my friends, they’re blowin’ in the wind” or “There’s a bathroom on the right.”
As to how “intensive purposes” crept into common usage, I think it’s significant that the 1980s also saw the proliferation of “intensive care units” in hospitals and the ensuing use of “intensive” to sell everything from skin lotion to motor oil. Given that “intents and purposes” has a distinctly archaic ring to it, and that “intents” is more rarely used than “aims” or “goals” today, and “intensive” seems like a logical interpretation to folks who have only heard (and never read) the proper form of the phrase.
http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/intensive-purposes/
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Probably not, Its only a concept the very intelligent humans could even hope to grasp.
It's like trying to understand infinity. Our brains are mostly to small to grasp the concept.
Our brains understand black and white. Good and bad. But the rest of the infinite relitive spectrum is to complicated.
Nice explanation, you won't be getting any visits from the grammar police.
Coming fro a LowLife such as yourself that isn't something I want on my resume, a stain on the bathroom floor would be where your place is most likely to end up being
It's why I can understand relativity. I haven't burdened myself with needless useless grammatical knowledge that would limit my capacity to use that brain power for more useful knowledge.
Brain power is not infinite unfortunately. It unwise to use it on things like spelling. Mathematics Are worth much more.
That adds up alright. That is equal to some of the brainier things I have read over the years. Carry on.
Easy on him Ron, he's an MD as well as a spiritualist. Smart guy, loves to troll, and he drinks.
Ludlow old fellow, do you realize the numbar of referances you make to mass media, worn out old dated mass media? Stop it!
Actually you're partially right there is a sense of sadness when I realize your incredibly inept attempts at trying to display some sense of coherence. I might shed a tear or two as I contemplate your experience in the straight jackets. LOL. You need to just be thankful they didn't do the lobotomy on ye like they did to poor ole RP Mcmertry in the movie "One flew Over the cuckoos Nest". There may have been a big ole indian that'd snuff ye worthless a$$ out.
Now shet ye trap and take your pills tommy.
