"to the extent that" for "to the effect that"

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:38 PM -0400 6/22/07, sagehen wrote:
>In an interview on Morning Edition this (6/22) morning, the actress

who is, for the record, the second component of Brangelina, the first
component having (co?)produced the movie.

LH

>playing
>the widow of slain WSJ reporter Daniel Perle said, regarding some message,
>"to the extent that.." when clearly the meaning was /meaning/ or intent,
>*not* extent.
>THis is a common enough mistake that I assume it's probably already a
>recognized eggcorn, but my elderly browser gets the vapors when asked to
>consult the language log.
>AM
>;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
>;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
>"Destroying human life in the hope of saving human life is unethical."
>
>--George W. Bush     !
>
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>-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
>hmmmmm.
>
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