Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1904 — Some Errors of Speech. [ARTICLE]

Some Errors of Speech.

Many make the mistake of saying “I intended to have told you” or “If I bad have known” instead of “I intended to tell you” or “If I had known.” I have heard the following confused sentence from one who should know better; “I should have thought that you would have gone to have seen her.” The correct sentence would be, “I should think that you would have gone to see her.” It is incorrect to say “Those sort of things” instead of “Things of that sort.” Do not say “Ain’t” for “Is not,” “He don’t” for “He does not” or “Not as I know” for "Not that I know” or “I have lit the lamps” for “I have lighted the lamps.”—Delineator.