intention to vs intention on

Both 'intention to' and 'intention on' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Intention to' is used to express the purpose or goal of an action, while 'intention on' is not a common phrase in English.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express the purpose or goal of an action.

"intention to "

Use 'intention to' to indicate the purpose or goal of an action. For example, 'She has the intention to study abroad next year.'

Examples:

He has the intention to start his own business.
What is your intention to visit the museum?
She expressed her intention to learn a new language.
Their intention to help others is commendable.
I have no intention to harm anyone.

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With the intention to get more improved characteristics and better performance.
I know of your intention to deceive me.
The intention to act violently is accompanied by strong feelings of physical distress.
I have no intention to wear that thing.
I had no intention to let it be delayed purposely.
I have no intention to go to Balhae.
I never have the intention to do the tour de France.
I'm signaling my intention to pull out into traffic now.
I've no intention to waste one more nickel.
You just left recorded proof of our intention to buy a car wash.
I told you of my intention to paint a fallen woman.
It's not my intention to make you uncomfortable.
Howard has announced his intention to propose marriage to Bernadette.
These people have shown the intention to use violence to cause damage to state property.
There was no intention to hear us out.
The problem with assisted suicide is, it admits an intention to kill.
I have no intention to pay, your honor.
I have no intention to take care of these things.
But it was never my intention to harm you.
It was never my intention to betray you, Mercy.

Alternatives:

plan to
aim to
goal to
purpose to
desire to

This phrase is not commonly used in English. It is more appropriate to use 'intention to' when expressing the purpose or goal of an action.

"intention on"

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President Suarez, I can honestly tell you - there was no intention on anyone's...
In the first case, there is implied a defect in the matter or form, or a lack of the requisite intention on the part of minister or recipient, and then the sacrament would be simply null.
Apparently there was no intention on the part of Egypt of complying with the terms of the agreement because almost immediately Egypt began setting up new surface-to-air missiles bases within the forbidden zone.
It should be noted, though, that there is no trace in the history of the file of any intention on the part of the Italian authorities to notify any project individually, whatever the size of the project or the amount of the aid.
This intense activity in the past thirty years showed an intention on the part of the State to find a solution which would meet with public approval, as well as corresponding to the needs of the protection of a part of the community.
Anyhow, if you have any evil intention on Eun Sae...
There is awareness and intention on many levels from superficial to very deep.
In a 2015 interview, Draiman stated that he has no intention on making another Device album.
That's odd, since we have no intention on settling.
The question of any presumed intention on India's part to sell helicopters to Myanmar has been discussed within the Council.
But I hope that we have managed to convince honourable Members that there was no intention on our part to downgrade our relationship with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
There was never any intention on the part of the Commission not to include or involve Parliament in these decisions.
If you allow me, now I wanted to invite you to join my prayers for an intention on which I am very interested.
The campaign of visits we organised between 26 March and 26 April 2012 demonstrated yet again the clear intention on the part of the authorities to control, if not prevent, any external scrutiny.
I can assure him that the intention on the contrary, was to provide a frank and accurate description of the current situation in relation to the issues he raised.
I believe that we will have the opportunity, Mr Papayannakis, to address this issue again in our discussions, but there is no intention on our part to make a distinction.
If you had no intention on having Funshion on your computer, terminate this application immediately because, in the long run, this program may download more unwanted apps onto your PC.
As Agenzia Fides learns, the Cardinal expressed this intention on the occasion of the meeting with Lee Hae-chan, leader of the Democratic Party currently in government in South Korea, welcoming the political leader in the complex of Myeongdong Cathedral, in Seoul.
The fact that a commercial subsidiary was established to exploit the mussels project seems to confirm that indeed there was no genuine intention on behalf of SDVO to simply deliver the results for the benefit of the sector.
However, the absence of an intention on the part of the national authorities to humiliate or debase the person concerned did not definitively rule out a finding of a violation of Article 3.

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