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Discover LudwigThe phrase "serve purposes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing how something is used to accomplish a specific goal. For example, "These tools serve many different purposes in our work."
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"He employs it to serve purposes it was not meant to serve".
And, "The Matrix" notwithstanding, he is making it serve purposes beyond excitement.
"The institution developed," he said, "to serve purposes that, by their nature, didn't include homosexual couples".
The willing suspension of disbelief can also serve purposes much more poignant.
"Right now the high schools are zoned to serve purposes that are essentially historic and no longer valid," he said.
The criminal justice system here recognises imprisonment should serve purposes other than simply incapacitation: restitution, for example; or retribution; and to act as a deterrent.
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The scolders serve several purposes.
KUFSTEIN, AUSTRIA — Wine glasses serve many purposes.
The exhumation could serve multiple purposes.
The hyphens serve two purposes.
This might serve several purposes.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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