The Phrase is “All Intents and Purposes”
“For all intensive purposes” is a mistaken rendering of “for all intents and purposes.”
“A Busted Gas Pipe”
Informal language has its place, but standard English should probably prevail on television newscasts.
High School is More Important Than College
Grades 7-8—not the freshman year in college—is the time to address the remediation of basic skills and content.
Continental Drift
LitCap: Continental Drift. I can remember being laughed at by a teacher when I asked if South America and Africa had once been joined.
Can Parents Trust Schools to Teach Reading?
Parents can’t afford to leave the most important part of their children’s education to schools that are failing to teach more than half of their beginning readers to read.
Dumbing Down High School English
My own experience spans the divide between high school as school and high school as teen hangout.