Robert Kemp Philp

it is scarcely necessary to say much, as the foregoing advice applies to them. One militiaman exclaimed to another, "Jim, you hain't in step" "Bain't I?" exclaimed the other; "well, change yourn!

Thus, a person wishing to express his intention of going to a given place, says, "I propose going," when, in fact, he purposes going. The following affords an amusing illustration of this class of error:--

Other Errors (2) are occasioned by imperfect knowledge of the English grammar: thus, many people say, "Between you and I," instead of "Between you and me.