Quotes by 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!"
Robert Kemp Philp
"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:--"
Robert Kemp Philp
"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."
Robert Kemp Philp
Robert Kemp Philp

Robert Kemp Philp (1819–1882) was an English journalist, author, and Chartist.