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After some quick searching on the subject looks like it's just a newer form of slang.

by "FTFY", I guess you mean "Fucked That For You".

the OP had it right - the correct term *IS* "for all intents and purposes".

"for all intensive purposes" is a meaningless mistake, a mondegreen or "eggcorn".

See:

http://grammarist.com/eggcorns...
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/...

Unless you are trying to say he should use a non-standard usage for some reason, you just broke it for him.
http://grammarist.com/eggcorns...
https://www.google.com/webhp?q...

These two meanings may have "appeared at the same time", but it was definitely more understood to mean "causing nausea" at the time. And it really is only through decades of misuse that the current definition of "affected with nausea" is accepted "at the present time".

For some careful English speakers, nauseous means causing nausea, and nauseated is the term for experiencing nausea. These are the traditional meanings (though nauseous initially meant inclined to nausea before gaining the sense we now consider traditional), and they’re still the ones put forth by some English reference books and usage authorities. In actual usage, though, nauseous has supplanted nauseated in the experiencing nausea sense, and nauseated is reserved for a few specific uses.

http://grammarist.com/usage/na...

https://books.google.com/ngram...

Capital, not capitol.

Wrong.

Try learning something before you go talking out of your arse, 'correcting' people like an ignorant hick.

http://grammarist.com/usage/ha...

How does one get the job of "editor" exactly?

It's only two more steps than those required to get an insightful post on Slashdot:

1. Forget Everything you know
2. Loudly opine on everything you think you know
3. Sensationalize everything
4. ????
5. Profit

http://grammarist.com/usage/ha...

How does one get the job of "editor" exactly?

Any article citing statistics is invalid when they don't understand the difference between percent and per cent.

FYI: "The one-word percent is standard in American English. Percent is not absent from other varieties of English, but most publications still prefer the two-word per cent. The older forms per-cent, per cent. (per cent followed by a period), and the original per centum have mostly disappeared from the language (although the latter sometimes appears in legal writing).

"There is no difference between percent and per cent. Choosing between them is simply a matter of preference." -- http://grammarist.com/spelling/percent-per-cent/

'Percent' is one word.

That's a usage we should now probably have to concede. However per cent is surely the more correct, except perhaps in US English.

The Unites States of America are a country

No, is isn't.

You found a typo in my post... wow... I'm just crushed.

Another error. It was clearly NOT a typo. A typo presupposes that you know the correct word. It explicitly excludes errors of ignorance. i.e. Two words vs. one and that chess and nut were spelled correctly. This was an mondegreen which exposed your ignorance. http://grammarist.com/mondegre...

You might want to review what a typo is too. You seem not to understand that either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

Okay, so both spellings exist, but they're not on equal footing.

http://grammarist.com/spelling...

Incorrect

Incorrect correction, jackass.

Try reading the article you link to before hitting "Post" next time, me.

Incorrect

Why are the cranky ones so often wrong?

http://grammarist.com/usage/ar...

The dam that keeps wateer out of low=lying areas is a dike

Only in North America.

Everywhere else that english is spoken, the word is spelled with a 'y'

Also, not trawling.

Citing examples of a phrase being used in public isn't what I'd call proof; however, it appears these sites are actually commerce-related, so there's that. If I had a nickel every time somebody used "everyday" as an adverb on a billboard...

http://grammarist.com/usage/everyday-every-day/

Please bear in mind that there are only a few things I that want to be bare in my mind.

If they would spell it correctly, maybe it would work better.

Not everyone uses the English language the way Americans do:

http://grammarist.com/spelling/fiber-fibre/

The amount of grammatical mistakes that my friends make on Facebook and via SMS is outright annoying most times

Grammatical mistakes, like disagreement in plurality or using the wrong word, are very annoying.

Especially when you're correcting others.

[The number] noun [of grammatical mistakes that my friends make on Facebook and via SMS] prepositional phrase modifying The number [is] verb [very] adjective modifying annoying [annoying] gerund of the verb To annoy

The amount of grammatical mistakes that my friends make on Facebook and via SMS is outright annoying most times

Grammatical mistakes, like disagreement in plurality or using the wrong word, are very annoying.

ARGH!

Ok, I know sometimes a type-o or two can get through even the most closely proofread post, English isn't necessarily a given poster's primary language and I was raised in a family with multiple English teachers. However, lately this one drives me absolutely bonkers on a daily basis, seemingly on every thread, here on /.

http://grammarist.com/usage/than-then/

Thank you!

This is recent, as in, mid-80's recent. Just because it's fashionable, doesn't make it correct. http://grammarist.com/usage/dove-dived/

I looked.

http://grammarist.com/usage/affect-effect/

He's right, you're wrong.

preventative

Stop it. The word is preventive.

Unless, of course, the word is "preventative":

http://grammarist.com/spelling/preventative-preventive/

Preventative vs. preventive
Preventive is the original adjective corresponding to prevent, but preventative has gained ground and is now a common variant. The two share all their definitions.

http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=preventative&submit.x=41&submit.y=12

preventive (pr-vntv) also preventative (-t-tv)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preventative

preventative adjective

concerned with or serving to keep something from happening
Synonyms precautionary, preventative, prophylactic

Interestingly, the Merriam Webster Thesaurus doesn't even mention preventive as a synonym for preventative

Of course, if you're on a mission to eliminate a widely used word from the English Language, well, I wish you luck.

Bull

The only time that rule is valid is when you are writing for a class and your teacher insists on it.

http://grammarist.com/grammar/conjunctions-to-start-sentences/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm
http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/conjunctions
http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/2010/01/how-and-when-to-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/
I could keep going for a long time...

Starting a sentence with a conjunction You might have been taught that it’s not good English to start a sentence with a conjunction such as and or but. It’s not grammatically incorrect to do so, however, and many respected writers use conjunctions at the start of a sentence to create a dramatic or forceful effect. For example: What are the government’s chances of winning in court? And what are the consequences? Beginning a sentence with a conjunction can also be a useful way of conveying surprise: And are you really going? But didn’t she tell you? It’s best not to overdo it, but there is no reason for completely avoiding the use of conjunctions at the start of sentences.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/conjunctions
http://www.writing-skills.com/resources/e-bulletin/october-2011/hit-or-myth-you-cant-start-a-sentence-with-and-or-but
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html
http://grammarist.com/grammar/conjunctions-to-start-sentences/
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/can-i-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/

If you put parts on a car that did not come with it, of course you'll get no support

If you put 3rd party parts on a car and they don't cause a failure, and they don't fail themselves, of course its covered.

Thus supporting my earlier point that it is not a black or white issue.

Btw, I'm as far away from a limey fog breather as can physically be while still being on this planet.

If that means American or Canadian, then you did spell it wrong.

You are a horrible pedant. Good pedants are correct when they attempt to correct somebody. You are being pedantic about something that isn't settled definitively. Disc and Disk are interchangeable for DVD and CDs, according to this

should be a deep-seeded need

<GrammarNazi>It's "deep-seated".</> I understand why "deep-seeded" may seem reasonable; but it's wrong.

Yeah, it seems that while 'sneaked' is older and more likely to be considered THE true version by any authority that accepts only one of the two, 'snuck' seems more natural to many people and is gaining ground in all English speaking countries, even in newspapers (e.g. much more common in Canadian newspapers than 'sneaked').