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This Cher tweet uses emojis to convey information. The American flag emoji is used to refer to America as a whole, the "100" emoji is used in place of the word "hundred," and the orange (fruit) emoji is used to replace the word "orange." By using these emoji to represent different words and concepts, Cher is using these emoji in a referential sense, as they are conveying information that does not pertain to mood. Instead, they represent physical things like countries, numbers, and colors.

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In this example, my aunt is talking to my cousin to ask about her charity trip that requires donations. Rather than reply "OK" or "Yes" when her question was answered, by aunt simply replied with a "thumbs up" reaction to her message to communicate that she received and understood the answer. This also doubles as a way to conclude the conversation, as the emoji does not make either person feel as if they're being "left on read," and can be free to do other things. In this sense, the use of the thumbs up emoji is phatic, because it concludes the conversation while conveying information.

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This is a screenshot from a Discord chatroom. In Discord, users can react to messages sent in the chatroom using emojis. In this example, a user has reacted to a Youtube video of cute Flemish Giant rabbits with an emoji that displays large, almost tearful eyes (the official name of the emoji in Discord is called :pleading_face:). In my opinion, this emoji is used in an expressive sense to denote that the user reacting thinks the video is cute. Commonly, this emoji is associated with a reaction of tenderness or affection, making the reaction expressive in this case.

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Entry #7: Gender Differences via the difference and dominance model

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Entry #7: Gender Differences via the difference and dominance model

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The first article, from Insider, lists 12 words that men more commonly knew compared to women, and 12 words that women more commonly knew than men. This article is rather brief, and does not offer much of an explanation for the selection or methodology of the words provided. It tends to use vague generalities when comparing the two genders. However, it does offer some evidence for the difference model being present, in the sense that men were more likely to know words associated with science and technology than women, while women were more likely to know words associated with fashion and art. This difference in knowledge reflects the difference model, as the societal pressure for women to not engage in STEM-oriented fields shapes their vocabulary. Likewise, the societal pressure for men to not pursue careers or interests in art and fashion lends to their lack of knowledge of vocabulary associated with these subjects. This article, while lacking in background information, does not appear to be biased towards one conclusion or the other, and aptly presents a case for the difference model of gender differences in language.
The next article, from bigthink.com, discusses how men commonly use more abstract language than women. Through the analysis of blog posts and Congressional hearing transcripts, and by assigning abstraction values to 40,000 English words, researchers were able to measure the rate in which men and women differed in their use of abstract speech. The article makes some reference to linguistic variables, such "communicative abstraction," but is scant on specific linguistic data. The overall conclusion from the studies was that men more commonly use abstract concepts in their speech and writing, while women tended to be more detail focused. This reflects the dominance model, as the researchers theorized this difference in communicative abstraction stems from males having more historical access to public speech opportunities to express high-level concepts. The article seemingly has no bias against one conclusion or the other, and appears to follow with the researchers' conclusions.

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Entry #7: Men and women know different words

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Entry #7: Men and women know different words

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Most people believe gender influences conversation. Men might discuss cars, while women gab about fashion.

As it turns out, there's some truth to the stereotypes, according to data analysis from the Center for Reading Research, which we saw on /r/linguistics.

Center director Mark Brysbaert looked at the first 500,000 results of the Ghent University's online vocabulary test, focusing on differences in gender. Some words exhibited a large margin between the percent of men and women who reported knowing them.

In the online test, 100 letter sequences - which may or may not be real English words - flash across the taker's screen. Pressing the "f" or "j" keys, respectively, will indicate whether the participant knows, but not necessarily understands, a specific word. The test strongly penalized for marking you know a word that doesn't exist.

We listed the words with the biggest recognition gap between gender below, along with numbers in parenthesis showing the percentage of men who knew the word followed by the percentage of women.

Here are the words that men were most likely to recognize over women:

codec (88, 48)

solenoid (87, 54)

golem (89, 56)

mach (93, 63)

humvee (88, 58)

claymore (87, 589

scimitar (86, 58)

kevlar (93, 65)

paladin (93, 66)

bolshevism (85, 60)

biped (86, 61)

dreadnought (90, 66)

And here are the words that women were most likely to know over men:

taffeta (48, 87)

tresses (61, 93)

bottlebrush (58, 89)

flouncy (55, 86)

mascarpone (60, 90)

decoupage (56, 86)

progesterone (63, 92)

wisteria (61, 89)

taupe (66, 93)

flouncing (67, 94)

peony (70, 96)

bodice (71, 96)

The male words tend to center on transportation, weapons, and science, while the female words mostly relate to fashion, art, and flowers.

Preconceived notions prevail, we guess. The commenters on the Reddit thread, however, introduced some valid counterpoints.

User drmacj brought up the massive variability present in adult vocabulary, regardless of gender. Culture, location, and education play significant roles.

"And not to mention these words only apply in a very limited socioeconomic context," user hoochie_minh wrote.

Based on the center's research, however, the findings remain statistically significant.

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The 24 words that are most known to only men or women

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Most people believe gender influences conversation. Men might discuss cars, while women gab about fashion. As it turns out, there's some truth to the stereotypes, according to data analysis from the Center for Reading Research, which we saw on /r/linguistics.

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Entry #7: Men speak in more abstract terms than women

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Entry #7: Men speak in more abstract terms than women

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It's more than a cultural trope that men and women speak different languages - a new psychology study shows us that they indeed have very distinct communication styles.

A team of researchers from the San Francisco State University, led by Priyanka Joshi, took a close look at how men and women used "communicative abstraction" to relay their emotions and ideas through their word choices.

"Communicative abstraction" is a preference for using "abstract speech that focuses on the broader picture and ultimate purpose of action rather than concrete speech focusing on details and the means of attaining action," say the researchers. Macro vs micro.

What the scientists found is that men were much more likely to speak abstractly than women, who were more zeroed in on the details.

Joshi confirmed that while this kind of difference between men and women was previously noted "anecdotally," they found this to hold true across a series of six studies.

The psychologists looked at linguistic patterns of men and women in both written and spoken word. One of the studies involved poring over 600,000 blog posts on Blogger.com to determine if men wrote more abstractly than women. The researchers attributed abstractness ratings to 40,000 most frequently used English-language words like "table" or "chair' (with low abstractness) or "justice" and "morality" (high abstractness). The blog posts showed that men used the abstract verbiage much more often.

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Another study involved examining over 500,000 transcripts from U.S. Congressional sessions between 2001 and 2017. The speech patterns of over 1,000 Congress members revealed a similar conclusion - men invoked abstract language in many more speeches than women. This held regardless of party affiliation or whether it was said in the House or Senate.

What explains this phenomenon? The scientists think it is the result of the power dynamics throughout history, with men generally having more societal influence. A further study carried out by the researchers with west coast university students also showed that such speech patterns can be changed. By manipulating power dynamics, the scientists made the participants with more perceived power utilize more abstract concepts when speaking.

The authors think that ultimately there is no "fixed tendency of men or women" to speak a certain way but instead these patterns emerge "within specific contexts."

Check out the new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Power affects how you behave-and how you get punished

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Men and women speak different languages, shows study

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It's more than a cultural trope that men and women speak different languages - a new psychology study shows us that they indeed have very distinct communication styles. A team of researchers from the San Francisco State University, led by Priyanka Joshi, took a close look at how men and women used "communicative abstraction" to relay their emotions and ideas through their word choices.

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Admittedly, I have fallen a little behind on my data collection. So far I only have about 90 tokens. In order to get to 120, I plan to spend a great deal of time during the weekend walking into stores in order to get the maximum number of greetings. I will also be talking to friends to elicit more greetings.

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For my research project I have decided to undertake the Greetings topic. I chose this topic because I believe greetings are somewhat easier to elicit and overhear than the other topics, and allow the acquirement of more unique tokens than other topics. One challenge I have faced so far in my research (I have elicited 28 tokens so far) is that most of these tokens come from people who have a close relationship to myself. I am going to make more of an attempt to "overhear" greetings in order to gain a larger variety in my tokens. I also have a question: Since I am currently taking a Japanese course, should I be accepting tokens in Japanese?

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Entry #4: Covert Prestige in Commercials

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Entry #4: Covert Prestige in Commercials

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For this entry, I chose a Popeye's Louisiana Chicken commercial as my example of covert prestige. If the title didn't give it away, Popeye's is a fast food brand based in Louisiana, which has a rich history including the French and Creole languages. The influence these languages has had on English speakers in the region has been significant, with speakers adopting shortened [i] sounds that are almost deleted, as well as removing pronouns from certain words. The history of African Americans in Louisiana, mostly stemming from their immigration from Haiti, brought the French and Creole language to the region. The effects of this mix of Creole, French, and Standard American English speakers has largely influenced the formation of grammar in African American Vernacular English, among other immigrant groups who brought their English knowledge to the country as well. In the commercial, the actors can be heard repeating "love that chicken," before finishing the chant with "love that chicken from Popeyes." Interestingly, the implied pronoun "I" is removed from the utterance, as can be seen in AAVE and Creole dialects. Finally, the narrator pronounces Louisiana differently than the Standard English American pronunciation. combining the [ui] diphthong to a more simple [u] sound. This replicates a traditional Louisiana accent.
I believe this is an example of covert prestige because the advertisement is purposely replicating dialect changes present in Louisiana natives. The objective of this replication is to affirm that Popeye's is truly a Louisiana staple, and the chicken is sourced and a product of New Orleans. In a more holistic sense, this persuades the people watching the advertisement that the product is more genuine, and more likely to be satisfying. Even though AAVE, and the Louisiana accent, are non-standard English dialects, its use can persuade people to trust the product that it advertises.

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Entry #4: Popeye's Louisiana Chicken Commercial (2000)

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Entry #4: Popeye's Louisiana Chicken Commercial (2000)

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Entry #3: How does choice of writing signal target audience in Japanese?

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Entry #3: How does choice of writing signal target audience in Japanese?

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For this entry I decided to use pictures from my trip to Tokyo in 2017. While I never left the city, the metropolis offered a litany of different environments to explore, and their contrasting nature was made evident through the language written on signs, roadways, and advertisements.
For some background, Japanese has 3 different writing systems: Hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Hiragana is the language in its most phonetically basic sense; each character correlates to a syllable, which combine to form words when used in combination. There are only 46 characters in hiragana, making it relatively easy to write, learn, and pronounce. Katakana is a mirror of hiragana, with the same 46 syllables being represented in a more angled, straight-edged writing style. This system of writing is used mostly for foreign loanwords (コンピューター = computer; pronounced "konpju:ta:). Lastly, there is kanji, which are symbols largely borrowed from the Chinese writing system that substitute hiragana in order to make writing shorter and concise. Kanji takes a while to learn, even for native speakers; children learn kanji up until high school in Japan, and young children can often not recognize more complex ones. These writing styles all contribute to signaling how a sign or advertisement is created for its target audience.
The first example of this language targeting design is the Playground Slide, which I took a picture of in Yokohama. While it may be hard to see, the main text on the side of the slide spells out すべりだいのちゅうい (pronounced suberidainoʧu:ri), which generally translates to "playground slide warning." What's interesting about this is that it is not written in kanji, like 滑り台の注意; even as I typed the sentence out in hiragana, my computer wanted desperately to convert it to kanji. I believe this spelling was deliberate, as the children using the slide may not know the kanji associated with the words. Therefore, knowing that the sign's target audience would be young children, the designers choice to write the warning in the simplest way possible, so that no kanji knowledge was needed.
The second example I want to use is road lettering on a city street, also in Yokohama. Here, the message is 速度おませ (pronounced sokudo-omase), which generally means "slow down" or literally "speed - drop it." I believe this warning uses kanji because a massive majority of people driving in Yokohama have a grasp of basic kanji. Here, the city municipality probably decided writing the warning in a "normal" way would be fine, hence the use of kanji. While this example is not as exciting as the last one, it serves as an example of how an average sign or warning in Japan would be written, if targeted to the average Japanese citizen.
Lastly, my third example is a picture taken near Shibuya Crossing in central Tokyo. Congruent in purpose to New York's Time Square, this intersection is heavily populated by tourists, most of which probably have a tenuous grasp of the Japanese language at best. While the picture is blurry, its easy to see a clear presence of English in the advertisements, such as Bic Camera, Clarion, and Taito Station. Subsequently, katakana is used under some of these advertisements, such as Bic Camera, which mimics the English pronunciation of the advertisements' contents or titles. I believe the presence of English is not an accident; it makes sense to advertise in the de facto global lingua franca in a place where people from all over the world are prevalent.
I chose these examples to show that not just dialects or different languages can show how writing correlates with its target audience; in fact, degree of language comprehension can also be a factor. Japanese is a great language to showcase this, as its variety of writing systems lends itself to being carefully created for specific readers.

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Entry #3: City Street Speed Warning (Kanji/Hiragana)

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Entry #3: City Street Speed Warning (Kanji/Hiragana)

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Entry #3: Shibuya Crossing Advertisements (English)

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Entry #3: Shibuya Crossing Advertisements (English)

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Entry #2: Linguistic Variable: Long Island Assimilation of /d/ +/j/

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Entry #2: Linguistic Variable: Long Island Assimilation of /d/ +/j/

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It's quite common for the phonemes /d/ and /j/, when combined at the end of a word and beginning of another, respectively, to be assimilated and turned into a /ʤ/ sound. This happens with a great deal of sounds when connected in two different words, including the combination of /t/ and /y/ forming /ʧ/, as well as others listed in the example website of pronuncian.com. While typically discussed as a more "natural" version of English, I believe that the assimilation is taken a step further in some areas of Long Island, as well as the broader New York area.
First of all, pronouncing a sentence in which /d/ and /j/ assimilation is used without assimilation, such as "did you" as "did ju," is completely viable. In fact, this pronunciation is more in line with the prescriptive rules set forward by Standard American English, as exhibited in the linked YouTube video labeled Un-assimilation of /d/ +/j/, where the speaker says the phrase in this matter. However, he affirms that using assimilation, pronouncing the phrase "did you" as "diʤu," makes the speaker sound more natural. Another example of this assimilation can be found in the linked video labeled Assimilation of /d/ and /j/. It should be noticed that the speakers in both these videos are British, exemplifying that this assimilation is present in accents that are not just American. However, I believe this variable is more complex than just a simple binary of assimilation or no assimilation.
It is my view that assimilation occurs in varying degrees depending on the location, or some other factors, of someone's residence in New York. A great example of this is the YouTube video linked as New York Accent Assimilation, where the speaker says "did you." While the assimilation is there, it barely occurs, and the /ʤ/ phoneme is not particularly long. This differs from the Long Island accent that I know, in which the assimilation takes such precedence over the rest of the anterior word that it almost deletes it entirely. I find this change most noticeable in a common Long Island situation; you just walked into a deli for a sandwich, and you do not know if the person standing at the counter has ordered their food yet. So, you ask the question, "did you order yet?" In many delis, particularly those located on the South shore of the island in Nassau County, the question will sound like the voice recording linked as "Did you order yet" (I was unable to find an example online; please believe me when I say my rendition is most accurate).  Notice how the question is pronounced as "ʤu ɔːrda jət," with the "di" section completely removed. This assimilation and deletion combination is used by primarily working class people of the South shore of Nassau County, but I find myself using it depending on the situation (such as being on the South shore, or trying to be informal), even though I am from the North shore of Suffolk county. Indeed, the accents of Long Island can differ depending on latitude, as explained in the video linked as Reference to Long Island Variant Differences. Since this accent is considered more "Long Island" than the variant used in the North shore, it is typically seen as more casual, and possibly stems from the wealth disparity between the two areas.
I chose to discuss this topic because I find that most information about the Long Island accent online tends to trend toward discussing vowel differences, and ignores those based on consonants. As mentioned, I was unable to find an example of this variation in assimilation, and had to make one myself. I believe it is one of the many ways New York accents can show diversity between different areas, while still remaining in the main accent group.

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Entry #2: Various Examples of Assimilation

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Entry #2: Various Examples of Assimilation

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At its simplest, linking is the merging of multiple words together until they sound as if they are only one word. Native speakers of English all do this naturally. Linking is an advanced topic for non-native speakers, but learning to correctly link words can result in significantly more fluid and fluent sounding English speech. Failing to link words naturally results in spoken English which may have awkward pauses, extra, unnecessary sounds, and which will sound very foreign to native speakers.

Techniques used for linking words depend on specific adjacent sounds where the words meet in the sentence.

Blending sounds

Blending is smoothly transitioning from the pronunciation of one sound into the next sound. Blending works well for linking from one continuous consonant--a fricative, approximant, or nasal sound--to another different continuous consonant.

In the phrase "this month," the 's sound' /s/ blends smoothly into the 'm sound' /m/. ( Learn more about linking continuous consonants.)

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Learn How to Link Words (Create Laisons) in English - Pronuncian: American English Pronunciation

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Linking is the technique for smoothly moving from one word into the next during pronunciation. Sometimes words are blended, sometimes new sounds are created, and sometimes sounds become silent when linking. Lack of linking can make an accent sound choppy.

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Entry #2: Un-assmiliation of /d/ + /j/ (0:53)

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NATURAL ENGLISH SPEAKING: How to pronounce "DID YOU...?" correctly in English

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Entry #2: Assimilation of /d/ + /j/ (4:34)

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Assimilation with /j/ - Connected Speech

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Entry #2: New York Accent Assimilation (0:26)

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Entry #2: Reference to Long Island Variant Differences (1:26)

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Entry #2: Reference to Long Island Variant Differences (1:26)

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Entry #1: Language peeve: Intents and Purposes vs. Intensive Purposes

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Entry #1: Language peeve: Intents and Purposes vs. Intensive Purposes

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For my example of prescriptivism, I chose the phrase "for all intensive purposes," which is commonly used in place of "for all intents and purposes." Many would affirm that the latter is an idiom with the meaning of "for the matter at hand," "essentially," "in effect," or "for our uses," while the former is an incorrect jumble of words that means nothing. I first became aware of this common substitution in middle school, when my English teacher would constantly correct people  (usually girls, albeit I was unable to find any concrete source for this in other instances) when they used the incorrect form. While he mentioned that this was a language peeve of his, he corrected enough people that his corrections became MY language peeve.
After using Google to do some research, I found that the phrase actually has a storied past. According to a Merriam-Webster article, as linked in this Padlet, the phrase was popularized by the 1546 Act of Parliament in England, in which King Henry VIII used the phrase "to all intents, constructions, and purposes" in order to convey that he had utmost power and divine authority. The idiom was well received, and, due to its phonetic similarity to "all intensive purposes," was subsequently altered to form this new string of words holding the same meaning. Apparently, this is called an "eggcorn" (mistaken for acorn), and it represents when a phrase is commonly heard wrong or "wrongly" pronounced.
In order to gauge public attitudes of the altered idiom, different sources must be employed. Looking at the Urban Dictionary entry, we can see that some strong negative feelings are directed at the new phrase, with the author of the entry describing its users as "barely unintelligent people."  In the englishgrammar.com article,The author states that the phrase has gradually shifted from its original "to all intents" to "for all intents," yet recommends at the end of the article to avoid the "intensive" construction in speech and especially in written work. Whether this advisory recommendation comes from disdain or caution, I find it odd how the replacement of "to" with "for" seems to be adequate, yet the replacement of "intents and" with "intensive" immediately makes the idiom incorrect. In fact, I was unable to find a source advocating for the altered construction, or even one that describes why it is wrong, besides the implication that the change from the original King Henry VIII verbiage makes it incorrect.
Personally, I do not find any harm in using the construction in its modern form. Since the key tenet of language is mutual intelligibility, and people hearing the modern, "wrong form" can immediately understand its meaning, for all intensive purposes, the idioms are semantically congruent.

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Entry #1: Englishgrammar.org: All "Intensive Purposes"

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Entry #1: Englishgrammar.org: All "Intensive Purposes"

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While people generally use both for all intents and purposes and for all intensive purposes to mean "in every practical sense," "seeming as if," or "virtually/almost completely," the standard form of the idiom is for all intents and purposes.

"For all intents and purposes, Ethereum Classic is a worthless scam."
Huffington Post

"My mother's heart would be broken to know her siblings have, for all intents and purposes, cut me out of their lives."
Chicago Tribune

"Your money, for all intents and purposes, is infinite; there are millions of ways to make money."
Huffington Post

It may not pass the editorial process but it is not uncommon for you to encounter the use of for all intensive purposes both in speech and in print.

"For all intensive purposes, the Martellus Bennett era in Chicago is officially over."
FanSided

The confusion may be attributed to the phonetic similarity between these phrases. If spoken aloud, for all intents and purposes and for all intensive purposes would virtually sound the same. This is why for all intensive purposes is considered a fairly common eggcorn, a word or phrase that result from a mishearing or misinterpretation of another.

For all intents and purposes, on the other hand, originated from the idiom "to all intents and purposes" which was used in English law in the 1500s. It is a shorter form of the original phrase "to all intents, constructions, and purposes" found in an act adopted by Henry VII in 1547.

The use of "for" in place of "to" eventually gained popularity, hence, the emergence of the idiom's current form. However, "to all intents and purposes" is still being used by some writers.

"To all intents and purposes, bitcoin is 'discovered' by computers that compete globally with one another to gain credit for sealing off the latest block in the chain."
Forbes

In conclusion, you are advised, for all intents and purposes, to use the correct idiom and avoid using the eggcorn especially in your written work.

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While people generally use both for all intents and purposes and for all intensive purposes to mean "in every practical sense," "seeming as if," or "virtually/almost completely," the standard form of the idiom is for all intents and purposes. "For all intents and purposes, Ethereum Classic is a worthless scam."

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Entry #1: Urban Dictionary: All "Intensive Purposes"

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Entry #1: Urban Dictionary: All "Intensive Purposes"

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Urban Dictionary: All Intensive Purposes

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Originally used in common American/English vernacular as 'all intents and purposes' by just barely unintelligent people trying to sound as if the 'intents and purposes' surrounding them are highly important. This phrase has since been changed to 'all intensive purposes' by people who do not listen carefully to the original phrase used in poorly written movies and who have also never seen it in print in equally poorly written books.

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Entry #1: Merriam-Webster: All "Intensive Purposes"

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Entry #1: Merriam-Webster: All "Intensive Purposes"

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For all intents and purposes is a phrase meaning "essentially" or "in effect." It is often mistaken as for all intensive purposes because when spoken aloud these two phrases sound very similar. These mistakes, where incorrect words and phrases are replaced but the meaning remains the same, are known as eggcorns.

In a 1546 Act of Parliament, the phrase "to all intents, constructions, and purposes" was used to convey that King Henry VIII had unlimited power to interpret laws. Apparently, the people of England took a liking to the phrase-just not the "constructions" part. Thereafter, the phrase began appearing in legal documents and other writings in forms such as "to all intents" and "to all intents and purposes." Nowadays, the latter phrase has survived-chiefly in British English-and " for all intents and purposes" was popularized in American English.

What Does For All Intents and Purposes Mean?

Both constructions imply that one thing may not be exactly like another thing but it, nevertheless, has the same effect or gives the same result. In other words, the phrase means " in effect" or " essentially."

In January, 2011, Jennings and another former champion, Brad Rutter, played a two-game match against the computer, which was filmed in a single day. Heading into the final "Final Jeopardy!," the humans were so far behind that, for all intents and purposes, they were finished.
- Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2016

In many ways, a composer's job could be seen as one of the toughest in film-music, to all intents and purposes, ultimately shapes the tone a director can only hope to convey; the score a key contribution to the success of the end product's outcome.
- Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 3 Nov. 2017

What is an Eggcorn?

When spoken aloud, you may find that "for all intents and purposes" sounds a lot like "for all intensive purposes," but that does not legitimize the latter as a variant. is an adjective, meaning "highly concentrated" or "exhaustive," and is a noun, meaning "purposes." They're not exactly interchangeable. (That aside, what exactly is "a highly concentrated purpose"? We're not sure, either.) Nevertheless, you will encounter "for all intensive purposes" in both speech and print.

Finally, it must be noted that Dayton vowed to make long-term structural changes to the state budget to avoid deficits. For all intensive purposes, those appear to be lacking.
- The St. Cloud (Minnesota) Times, 29 Apr. 2013

When Kokta hit a baseline jumper with 3:18 left in the first it was 11-0 and for all intensive purposes the game was over.
- The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2012

Static prices, in combination with pressures on household budgets, finding sufficient deposit monies, and the overall uncertainty over the economy as a whole, has meant that Britain's housing market has to all intensive purposes kicked off the New Year in a rather sluggish manner.
- The Birmingham Post, 16 Feb. 2012

When mistaken formations of words or phrases are used in a seemingly logical or plausible way, like "for all intensive purposes," it's known as an . (The word eggcorn itself comes from people hearing the word acorn as eggcorn enough that linguists adopted it as the term.) A similar mishearing that is a linguistic venial sin goes by the name mondegreen. Unlike a mondegreen, however, an eggcorn generally retains the same meaning as the original form (e.g., "for all intensive purposes"). Perhaps, you were one of the schoolchildren who stood up each morning, hand on heart, to pledge allegiance "to the Republic for Richard Stans" (instead of "to the Republic for which it stands"). If so, you've been duped by the mondegreen.

One of the earliest recorded examples of the eggcorn "for all intensive purposes" is in a May 1870 issue of the Indiana newspaper The Fort Wayne Daily Gazette:

He has never had a representative in Congress nor in the State Legislature nor in any municipal office, and to all intensive purposes, politically speaking, he might have well have been dead.

This use of the phrase in an edited newspaper implies that it was already commonly used in speech-enough so that it escaped the eyes of the writer of the article, those of a copyeditor, and probably a majority of readers.

If you're one of the many whose eyes twitch when they see this eggcorn, consider this article your vindication. If it's coming as news to you, this is why that editor/friend/Internet stranger got so mad. Should you decide to throw caution to the wind and enjoy "intensive purposes" in the future, we suggest restricting it to speech. There's much less of a paper trail there.

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'For All Intensive Purposes': An Eggcorn

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For all intents and purposes is a phrase meaning "essentially" or "in effect." It is often mistaken as for all intensive purposes because when spoken aloud these two phrases sound very similar. These mistakes, where incorrect words and phrases are replaced but the meaning remains the same, are known as eggcorns.