For/To all intents and purposes

[Benjamin Barrett]

Thank you for that follow-up as well.

The evidence in, I have been informed that "for" will be added for this
particular entry (äº‹å®Ÿä¸  [jijitsujou]).

The confirming e-mail also included the Japanese name of the ADS "アメリ
カ方言学会" [amerika hougen gakkai], which I thought interesting. BB

Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
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> On Jan 10, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
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>
>> ... Thank you for this follow-up. This and Wilson's e-mails give me
>> enough
>> ammunition to insist that "for" be added to the entry.
>>
>
> i neglected to mention that the OED has both the "to" and the "for"
> version, with no stigmata on "for".
>
> the "to" version is the older (the OED's cites begin with the 1546
> legal "to all intents, constructions, and purposes"; then similarly
> in 1555; then the abbreviated "to all intentts" in 1629; and finally
> "all intents and purposes" in 1709, from Addison).  the OED's first
> cite for the "for" version is 1879, from Matthew Arnold; no doubt
> many other cites from estimable authors could be found in the ensuing
> 131 years.
>

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