1. The point was not _proved_.

1. The point was not _proved_.

2. Verdict: “Not proven.” _Proven_ is a Scotch legal term, wrongly supposed by some persons to be preferable to _proved_ out of the court-room.

Purpose, propose.

1. One can’t _propose_ unless he proposes something to somebody.

2. One can _purpose_ to do a thing, without _proposing_ it to any one.

How do both these words contain the idea of _placing_?

Sit, set.

The chief errors in the use of _sit_ and _set_ are two. Some people insist on saying “_setting hen_” for “_sitting hen_,” and “the coat _sets_ well” for “_sits_ well.” A few say, “_Sit_ yourself down,” for the somewhat old-fashioned “_sit_ you down” (where the _you_ is nominative) or for “_set_ yourself down.” Similarly this error has been known to occur—“he sat the basket of eggs down.”

Stay, stop.